Petro Matvienko, Deputy Chief Editor of the weekly "Novy Styl" has described the investigation into Vasyl Klymentyev’s disappearance a farce and believes investigators are not interested in finding him
While there is a dramatic difference between the best and worst figures regarding likely commissioned news items, the problem of subjects (or aspects of them) being avoided is common for all television channels.
26.08.10
Ihor Indylo, a student who should have turned 20 the next day died in police custody in May. The investigators would now appear to be digging up all previous injuries to “explain” away his death
According to V. Lichachov, Head of a monitoring programme on racism and xenophobia, there is an upward trend in the number of ever more brutal attacks on anti-fascists and opponents from sub-cultures, He says that this has been seen particularly during 2010.”
A 34-year-old man hanged himself after “a conversation” with the police in Sosynytsa, Chernihiv region. Two months on, the Regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs [MIA] rejects any suggestion that torture was applied. Human rights groups have a different point of view
From now on any movement by students around Ukraine will be under the close surveillance of the State, nor is it only students who are endangered by new measures from the government
The tax police have frozen Chornomorska’s assets, while the Control and Audit Department has now begun a check. Chornomorska warns that nearer the elections the TV company may stop broadcasting as has already happened under Kuchma
The President has not explained to the public why he allows the plaintiff in the court case about the distribution of TV frequencies to be simultaneously a member of the High Council of Justice, which, by the way, is subordinated to the President, and which appoints and dismisses all judges
The International Press Institute has addressed an open letter to President Yanukovych respectfully urging him to address a disturbing deterioration in press freedom over the last six months in Ukraine
09.08.10 | Ulyana Svets
The author believes that the running after statistics is not helping to fight crime, in this case, drunken driving, and is leading to violations of human rights
04.08.10 | Halya Coynash
The traffic police have almost certainly now been used twice to deny citizens their most fundamental human rights. With local elections looming, the consequences of ignoring such violations surely do not need to be spelled out
The Law on the Judicial System and Status of Judges which has just come into force is in many ways out of line with European norms. This is the message from human rights groups with criticism of the law vocal.
02.08.10 | Yevhen Zakharov
The author stresses the need for the new MIA management to radically change their attitude to cooperation with the public and to reject assessment based on “crime solved” statistics which only lead to unlawful violence and pretence at fighting crime
The Head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine sees considerable failings including the lack of mandatory proportional representation of all election players in the electoral commissions. He stresses the role these commissions can play in vote-rigging or removing registration from leading candidates
