http://khpg.org/ Human Rights in Ukraine. Information website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group en http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1268227688 The authors of this appeal to veto the amendments on forming a coalition believe that the President’s endorsement of an unconstitutional law would give a clear signal to the public of the new leadership’s lack of respect for fundamental principles of democracy enshrined in the Ukrainian Constitution Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:28:08 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1268177240 The local authorities and residents of Kalush and the villages declared an environmental disaster zone are seriously concerned that a month has passed since the President signed his Decree and yet none of the funding stipulated and vitally needed has appeared Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:27:20 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1268177048 The Feyers hid four Jewish people for 18 months, while Vasylyna Plyska’s family fgave shelter to four Jews. A Jewish boy hid for over 7 months with the family of Petro Yurashchuk from Vyshkiv, and the family of Maria Shutko from Khust saved the lives of two Jewish people who had escaped from a Hungarian concentration camp Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:24:08 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1268165284 The Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Docudays.UA has become an internationally known event, enabling Ukrainians to view films and reflect on vital human rights issues and film producers to learn and share experience with colleagues from other countries Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:04 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1268139599 According to this new law, a coalition of deputy factions is made up of deputy factions and individual National Deputies, whereas the Constitution states that coalitions are formed from deputy factions Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:59:59 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1267826584 We believe that clear and unequivocal condemnation of the crime committed by Soviet State bodies following the decision of the leadership, a statement of steps planned to bring the Katyń case out of a dead end could be a turning point in the relations between Russia and Poland Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:03:04 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1267815917 An overview of the human rights situation in Ukraine over the last twenty years Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:05:17 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1267783592 According to constitutional law specialists, the amendments supported at first reading on 4 March which make it possible to form a coalition not only from factions, but from individual deputies, if passed into law, could be successfully appealed against Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:06:32 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1267745323 Around 2 thousand Ukrainian nationals are demanding compensation from the State for property lost in Poland from 1944 to 1951 during the mass resettlement of Ukrainians from ethnic Ukrainian land to the territory of the Ukrainian SSR Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:28:43 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1267745106 The Mission includes experts in geology, hydrogeology, in obtaining samples for environmental analysis, and on emergency response Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:25:06 +0300