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Protests throughout Ukraine: riot police clash with demonstrators in Kyiv
04.11.2011
Two thousand took part in a demonstration calling for parliament’s dissolution on 3 November. In Donetsk there were 3 thousand, the largest demonstration in recent times
Yet more miners die in Ukraine’s mines
02.11.2011
On 31 October two miners died of gas poisoning in the former mine Stozhovska-2 in the Donetsk region. Every year men die in Ukrainian mines and each time government officials make empty promises about moves to heighten safety
Afghanistan War Veteran Leader’s Flat searched
14.10.2011
On Wednesday a search was carried out of the flat owned by Alexander Kovalyov, leader of the Afghanistan War Veteran NGO “Nobody Except Us”. The search comes less than a month after major protests in Kyiv and an attempt by the war veterans to storm parliament over plans to cut benefits
New Draft Bill on Enforcement of Court Rulings, Same Old Problems
24.09.2011
The proposed changes, and mainly the powers the bill would give the Cabinet of Ministers to determine the size and scope of benefits at their own discretion, remain as unconstitutional and therefore unacceptable now as back in January
Tear gas used against protesting war veterans
21.09.2011
A large crowd made up mainly of Afghanistan War veterans gathered outside parliament to protest against a draft law which will legalize reductions in benefits due war veterans, rescue workers whose health was seriously damaged at the site of the Chernobyl Disaster and pensioners
Chernobyl victims on hunger strike outside President’s Administration
13.09.2011
The Chernobyl victims’ demands include: providing housing; raising pensions; proper medical security and being attached to a military hospital.
New bill would oblige deputes to come clean on income and spending
13.09.2011
Opposition Deputy, Ruslan Knyazevych has proposed that the Verkhovna Rada clarify the list of officials whose income declarations are not treated as information on limited access. National Deputies would also have to publish their income declaration in official media outlets
Kharkiv civic organizations evicted from rented premises
03.09.2011
Police were out in force on Friday to implement an eviction order on a number of Ukrainian civic organizations from the Kharkiv Economic Court. They ignored a judgment from the High Economic Court suspending same eviction order
Ukraine’s Mines remain deadly
29.08.2011
The death rate at Ukrainian mines is one of the worst in the world. Each year Ukraine extracts 70 millions tonnes of coal. Each million costs the lives of two miners.
Ukraine: Reality vs. Façade
27.08.2011
Oleksandr Stepanenko from Helsinki Initiative XXI writes about the opportunity Independence Day gave residents of the town of Chortkiv in the Ternopil region to clearly observe the divide between the reality of their lives and the façade presented by officialdom
In 20 years of independence Ukraine’s population has fallen by 6 million
23.08.2011
The State Statistics Service has published population figures which show that as of 1 July this year the population stood at 45 million 675 thousand, this being 6.27 million less than 20 years ago
State Tax Service: More than 95% of Ukrainian employers infringe labour laws
23.08.2011
Recent checks found also that one in five pays wages below the subsistence minimum, while an even greater figure pay wages "in envelopes", i.e. bypassing the tax authorities
Ukrainian rural women’s life close to slavery
22.08.2011
An international conference in Lviv last week heard that the life of village women in Ukraine borders on the level of slavery. 27 percent of rural inhabitants live below the povery line
Miner who complained of inhuman conditions after mine disaster “transferred”
15.08.2011
Following considerable publicity over reports that Ihor Smetanin, the miner who spoke out about inhuman conditions at the Sukhodilska-Eastern Mine had been fired, the Head of the Luhansk Regional Administration has now stated that Mr Snetabub has been moved to another mine
Ukraine’s Miners: Put at Risk and Exploited
05.08.2011
While the coal output from Ukraine’s mines brings millions to its owners, the miners and their families find it hard to make ends meet. This is in part due to gross exploitation and violation of labour laws, making the miners’ wages dependent on being in the management’s good books
Another methane explosion at a Luhansk region mine
04.08.2011
Twenty six miners have been injured in yet another methane explosion, this time at the Krasnokutska Mine. According to the Emergencies Ministry, 5 men are in intensive care while 21 received injuries of moderate severity and are in hospital
No End to the Deaths in Ukraine’s Mining Disasters
04.08.2011
Why do all State commissions look only at the fact directly leading to the death of miners, but never analyze the reasons behind these terrible and inevitable tragedies, the fact that miners cannot live on their wages unless they agree to conditions and a pace placing their very lives in jeopardy?
Union blames Mine Owners for Fatal Blast
30.07.2011
The Head of the Confederation of Free Mining Unions, Mykola Koziuberda believes that the blast at the Sukhodilska-Eastern Mine which claimed the lives of at least 20 miners is the result of the owner’s “greed” and the intense pace with which the coal faces are being worked
Inconsistent reform on benefits and pressure on the court
27.07.2011
According to the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, the government is not only trying to restrict social payments as much as they can, but is directly pressuring the courts.
UHHRU asks Human Rights Ombudsperson to intercede for pensioners and others
15.07.2011
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union expresses concern over a new law transferring the authority to determine the size and procedure for receiving social benefits to the Cabinet of Ministers and asks Nina Karpachova to make a submission to the Constitutional Court
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