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PACE Co-rapporteur: “The authorities have not done all they could to solve the Gongadze case”
08.04.2009
During her visit to Kyiv, PACE Co-rapporteur Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger spoke with a Deutsche Welle Ukrainian Service correspondent regarding the Gongadze case and changes to the Constitution.
Myroslava Gongadze scathing over lack of any progress in the Gongadze “investigation”
28.01.2009
Myroslava Gongadze asserts that those in power are positively protecting the fourth man sought over her husbands murder and that nothing is really being done to achieve progress
PACE wants action to bring to justice those who ordered murder of Georgiy Gongadze
28.01.2009
The investigation into the murder of Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze cannot be considered solved until the “instigators and organisers” are held to account in addition to the actual perpetrators of the crime
Victims of Dnipropetrovsk gas explosion outraged over amnesty
21.01.2009
As a result of the amnesty, three men – the former director, his deputy and the chief engineer of Dniprohaz who were facing charges of professional negligence have been released without judicial examination and the claims for compensation also left
European Court finds Ukraine violated the right to life in its treatment of Olga Biliak
18.12.2008
The Court found that the Ukrainian authorities had failed to provide adequate medical care during Olga Biliaks pre-trial detention, and had not adequately investigated her death
Strasbourg finds violation of the right to life in the case of Muravskaya v. Ukraine
27.11.2008
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Ukraine breached Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The applicant, Ms Muravskaya was represented by Arkady Buschenko, KHPG lawyer and Chair of the UHHRU Board
Anniversary without burial or punishment
16.09.2008
It is eight years today, 16 September, since Georgy Gongadze disappeared. Those who ordered the killing have not been brought to justice, and the victim has not been buried
Prosecutor General accused of simulating activity on Gongadze case
15.09.2008
Valentine Telychenko, lawyer representing Georgy Gongadzes widow, believes that the Prosecutor General is creating a show of carrying out an investigation into those who ordered and organized the killing of the journalist
Myroslava Gongadze calls on Moroz to talk to Prosecutor General
08.08.2008
She said that the leader of the Socialist Party who has just claimed to have never accused Kuchma of being behind the journalists murder should present any new information he has to the investigators
International attention needed for high-profile criminal investigations going nowhere
16.07.2008
KHPG Co-Chair Yevhen Zakharov echoes criticism from a PACE Co-Rapporteur of the Ukrainian authorities investigations into high-profile crimes and points to political pressure on the Prosecutor
Sentences against killers of Gongadze upheld
08.07.2008
Three former police officers will serve lengthy terms of imprisonment for carrying out the murder. As stated repeatedly, however, there is absolutely no progress in bringing those who ordered the killing to justice
PACE committee suggests lines of enquiry for bringing to justice those who ordered murder of Georgiy Gongadze
26.06.2008
The investigation into the murder of Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze cannot be considered solved until the “instigators and organisers” are held to account in addition to the actual perpetrators of the crime
Interim Resolution regarding the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of Gongadze against Ukraine
11.06.2008
Committee of Ministers expresses concern over the failure in 7 years to find and punish those who ordered the killing of Georgy Gongadze
Conflicting interests
24.04.2008
I would ask Yury Lutsenko and all those calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty to just type in the following words on Google: DNA, wrongful, prison. Or try torture and confession. Youll read enough arguments to last a lifetime
Still looking?
24.04.2008
The Deputy Prosecutor General rejects claims that his department is stalling the investigation and asserts that the problem is Mykola Melnychenkos refusal to hand over the originals of his secret tapes of of Leonid Kuchmas conversations.
UHHRU Open Letter: On proposals to reinstate the death penalty in Ukraine
19.04.2008
On the recent response by Minister of Internal Affairs Yury Lutsenko expressing support for reinstatement of the death penalty for particularly grave crimes against a person, on the Constitutional Courts conclusion that the death penalty contravenes the Constitution, and on Ukraines European choice
Minimal support for reinstating the death penalty in Ukraine
19.03.2008
The Verkhovna Rada has not supported the Communist Party initiative to reintroduce the death penalty. The bill was rejected at its first reading, with only 49 votes in favour
Melnychenko suspending cooperation with the Prosecutor General
19.03.2008
He is ceasing any cooperation until he meets PACE representatives in Strasbourg in April and says that this is connected with his wish for prominent cases to be uncovered as soon as possible.
Sentences in the Gongadze case: the end of the story?
18.03.2008
Politicians can and will give each other guarantees to stay silent on certain issues which one feels happened with the Gongadze case. However the task facing society is to demand justice and a full investigation into all crimes, and especially the most prominent political killing in Ukraines post-independence history.
Вирок у справі Гонгадзе: остання крапка?
18.03.2008
Політики можуть і даватимуть одне одному гарантії замовчування певних речей, як це, складається враження, і сталося зі справою Гонгадзе. Але завдання суспільства - вимагати справедливості і повного розслідування всіх злочинів. І особливо – найрезонанснішого політичного вбивства в історії незалежної України
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