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Much trumpeted “Fight against Corruption” receives a damning rating
05.12.2011
In the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index for 2011 Ukraine has fallen 18 places, and is now in 152nd place out of 183 countries
Working Group criticizes Donetsk authorities over crushing of peaceful protest
03.12.2011
The Working Group delegated by the MIA Public Council says that there were violations of legislation by both the Donetsk law enforcement bodies and the judges who banned a peaceful protest action by the Donetsk former Chernobyl clean-up workers.
Kyiv people bring Chornobyl clean-up protesters warm things and medicine
03.12.2011
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No justification for bans on Chornobyl clean-up workers’ protests
02.12.2011
Human rights defenders are scathing of the ban on protests by Chornobyl clean-up workers and the non-enforcement of court rulings ordering social payments to be made to people entitled to benefits
Police draw up administrative protocols against Chornobyl clean-up workers
02.12.2011
The police have issued administrative protocols against 19 former Chornobyl Disaster clean-up workers who are on hunger strike outside the Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv. This is for what they claim are infringements of the rules for holding mass gatherings and citizens’ meetings
EU concerned over obstruction of peaceful protest in Ukraine
01.12.2011
The EU Commissioner of European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle has expressed concern over reports that demonstrations have been obstructed with indications that excessive force was used by police
Donetsk court accused of cruel mockery of Chornobyl clean-up workers
01.12.2011
The Donetsk District Administrative Court summoned members of the former Chornobyl clean-up workers’ protest to a court hearing, forcing men in bad health to wait long hours and refusing to adjourn the hearing to allow them to come with a lawyer
Pension Fund asks what a “social, law-based State” means
01.12.2011
The Pension Fund of Ukraine has asked the Constitutional Court to provide an interpretation of a number of articles of the Constitution and current legislation regarding inalienity of rights and the right to social protection
Donetsk: Funeral Procession in Memory of Gennady Konoplyov
30.11.2011
Around a thousand people took part in a symbolic funeral procession on 29 November through the centre of Donetsk in memory of Mr Konoplyov who died on Sunday night when the police stormed the peaceful protest and hunger strike by former Chornobyl clean-up workers and their supporters
Demonstrations and heavy-handed police methods continue in Kyiv
30.11.2011
Throughout Tuesday former Chornobyl clean-up workers and Afghanistan War veterans picketed the Cabinet of Ministers protesting over cuts to pensions and social benefits. There were a number of incidents with the Berkut riot police
Riot Police use heavyhanded measures against Chornobyl clean-up protesters
29.11.2011
The Kharkiv man, Vladimir Proskurin, who lost consciousness during an action by Berkut riot officers against peaceful Chornobyl clean-up protesters in Kyiv would seem to have been deliberately targeted for arrest, possibly in connection with blunt criticism of the government
Chornobyl Clean-up Workers: We’ll hold out to the end
29.11.2011
Members of the protest on Monday wore black ribbons in memory of Gennady Konoplyov, who died when police stormed and dismantled the protesters’ tents on Sunday evening
One dead in police dispersal of peaceful protest by Chornobyl Clean-up Workers
28.11.2011
On Sunday evening police together with unidentified individuals in plain clothes began forcibly dismantling the tent camp erected by Chornobyl Clean-up Worker outside the regional department of the Pension Fund in Donetsk
Police draw up protocols against Chernobyl Clearup veterans’ peaceful protesters
27.11.2011
The following information was translated only hours before the police, counter to assurances, stormed a peaceful protest as a result of which one man died and at least two others were hospitalized
No money to pay teachers’ salaries – because of Euro 2012?
25.11.2011
There are reports from various regions that schools and universities are forcing educational staff to take unpaid leave. The teachers largely avoid giving their names through fear of being dismissed
Tax Code Protests and Prosecution of Peaceful Protesters
24.11.2011
It is a year since the mass protests against the new Tax Code, which led among other things to a number of prosecutions on very dubious grounds of those exercising their constitutional right to freedom of assembly and expression
Chernobyl Clean-up Workers will defy court ban
24.11.2011
The District Administrative Court in Donetsk has banned the protest actions by Chernobyl Clean-up Workers who are incensed over plans by the government to cut benefits. The City Council claims this is over "threats of a terrorist act"
Most demanding Chernobyl Clean-up Workers could face criminal prosecution
21.11.2011
According to the Head of the Regions Party faction in parliament, Oleksandr Yefremov, Chernobyl Disaster Clean-up Workers who seek through the courts to have pension and benefit arrears awarded, could have criminal investigations initiated against them.
Apparent pressure being put on Chernobyl Rescue Workers in Kharkiv
17.11.2011
KHPG has grounds for suspecting that the authorities are trying to exercise unlawful pressure on people asserting their right to legally fixed benefits.
Government thinks up new way out of enforcing court rulings on benefits
08.11.2011
The Cabinet of Ministers has registered a draft law which will revoke payment in full without delay of pensions and compensation in accordance with court rulings
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