22.02.12 | Initiator of Afghan War veterans' protest 'advised' to leave the country
Oleksandr Kovalyov who initiated the memorable protest on 15 February when around 200 Afghanistan War veterans deliberately snubbed President Yanukovych and other public officials by demonstratively turning their back on them alleges that pressure is being placed on him
08.02.12 | Trial of Mejlis activist ends
Another criminal prosecution of concern to human rights groups has ended after a trial lasting 14 months with the conviction of the head of the Secretariat of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Zair Smedlyaev
31.01.12 | Chornobyl clean-up workers protest against CCU judgement on social payments
They call the recent Constitutional Court judgement on social payments a violation of human rights. The Court stated that cases involving social payments can refer not only to Ukraine's social legislation, but also to Cabinet of Ministers normative acts regulating the amounts of these payments
26.01.12 | Former Chornobyl clean-up workers resume protest in Kharkiv
On 25 January up to 100 former Chornobyl clean-up workers began an indefinite protest in Kharkiv's Freedom Square demanding implementation of the Law on the Status and Social Protection of People who suffered as a result of the Chornobyl Disaster.
19.01.12 | Ukraine taken to Strasbourg over alleged violation of freedom of peaceful assembly
On 19 March 2009 Mykhailo Shmushkovych held a peaceful picket without any public order offences yet was fined 170 UAH for holding it.
10.01.12 | Halya Coynash / Euro 2012 as a pretext for political censorship
Yet another dangerous legislative initiative could become law in the near future with considerations of public safety and order during the Euro 2012 European Football Championship used as a convenient excuse
10.01.12 | Lviv former Chornobyl clean-up workers resume protests
A warning protest action is planned for 11 January by Lviv former Chornobyl clean-up workers and small business owners. They will be demanding that the authorities keep their promises
07.01.12 | Court bans Batkivshchyna from picketing the penal colony where Tymoshenko is held
The court order is specifically about all city and district branches of the Batkivshchyna Party, and rejects the part of the application asking for restriction of the rights of other participants in the protest as well
05.01.12 | Court bans tents outside penal colony where Yulia Tymoshenko is held
The Kharkiv City Council applied for the ban yesterday, having suddenly decided that repair work needed to be carried out on the street where the penal institution is located
05.01.12 | Chornobyl clean-up workers: reduction of disability status for social protest?
An apparent attempt to forcibly subject active members of the former Chornobyl clean-up workers movement to medical examination, and possibly reduce their disability status, is yet another of the worrying means used against those asserting their rights

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