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The Commission reiterates previously expressed concern that the role of parliament must not be undermined. It states that "the most problematic provisions in the law under examination concern the possibility to hold referendums on popular initiative on a new Constitution or constitutional amendments." 
Serhiy Vlasenko, fomer MP and defender of Yulia Tymoshenko, controversially stripped of his mandate in March, may again be facing criminal charges, with the impetus supposedly having come from his former wife, Natalya Okunska 
Only 20% of the political news on TVi in May was presented from several points of view, as opposed to 44% in April, with an unprecedented reduction in balance on TVi, up till 23 April seen as the most independent TV channel in Ukraine 
KHPG is calling for urgent measures to ensure that a detainee receive medical treatment and that the court considers a different preventive measure. 
Despite the progressive nature of the provisions in Article 39 of Ukraine’s Constitution, implementation of freedom of peaceful assembly remains unsatisfactory in Ukraine 
A serious case of chemical poisoning has taken place in Krasnopolye, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, and once again it is environmentalists who are forced to sound the alarm. 
The Partnership “For Freedom of Peaceful Assembly” points out that information provided by the Deputy Interior Minister regarding a ban on wearing masks in the draft bill on freedom of peaceful assembly is not correct. It also rejects any such ban as being an infringement on people’s rights 
Donetsk analysts and human rights workers concur in their view that the police are not coping with their law-defending function and are to blame for their bad image 
With Ukraine’s judges largely cowered or enticed into line, an offensive has been underway for the past 8 months against the country’s advocates. The weapons deployed are increasingly reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984, and appear to be targeting all vestiges of freedom of speech and independence of views. 
On 11 June a team of well-known journalists announced the creation of Hromadskie.TV, a public broadcasting Internet initiative based on the principles of transparency and total independence 
The assailants demanded that Georgy Erman chant some nationalist slogans while they videoed it, and threatened him for having, as they claimed, insulted nationalists in his articles 
On Tuesday within hours of each other, the State Duma’s lower house of Parliament passed bills to criminalize blasphemy and outlaw activism by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals and their supporters. 
Terrorist bombs are always aimed at showing the public that nobody is safe from attack. The case of Dmitry Reva is in danger of showing Ukrainians how easy it is to end up in prison as a result. 
Students and public sector workers complain that they are being forced to take part in political meetings. This, according to the Committee of Voters of Ukraine [CVU] can only be considered use of administrative resource 
The Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Kharkiv, Kherson and Sumy are refusing to scan their declarations into digital form which effectively restricts people’s access to important public information 
On 27 May the European Court of Human Rights rejected Ukraine’s appeal against the judgment issued in the case of Volkov v. Ukraine. Ukraine must reinstate Volkov to his position as Supreme Court judge 
Response to judgments finding violation of specific rights continues to be confined to paying compensation awarded and instructions, etc, of a general and vague nature 
Oleksy Svyetikov reports that the city of Severodonetsk unlike other cities in the Luhansk oblast is suspiciously free of crime - if one believes the police statistics. This, however, would be unwise 
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