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Russian court moves to silence internationally acclaimed Crimean Tatar lawyer
18.08.2020
A week after a Russian court in Rostov denied Crimean Tatar political prisoner Server Mustafayev his right to defend himself in court, the same judges have filed a formal complaint against one of the defence lawyers on equally unwarranted grounds
Zelensky reacts after arson attack on anti-corruption journalist investigators who exposed his trip to Oman
17.08.2020
This attack comes just days after a Skhemy journalist discovered evidence of surveillance equipment in his home and several months after one rather notorious politician published personal date about Skhemy journalists and one of their drivers.
Elderly Ukrainian imprisoned by Russian invaders of Crimea for ‘treason against Russia’
17.08.2020
Six years after invading and annexing Ukrainian Crimea, Russia is claiming that 65-year-old Ukrainian Halyna Dovhopola is guilty of ‘treason against Russia’ which she purportedly demonstrated by ‘spying for Ukraine’.
Ukrainian justice based on false police reports: From Maidan to former Kremlin political prisoner
17.08.2020
After five years as a political prisoner in Russia, Oleksandr Kolchenko has been sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 40 hours of community work on the basis of false police protocols which the judge chose to believe
Ukrainian justice based on false police reports: From Maidan to former Kremlin political prisoner
17.08.2020
After five years as a political prisoner in Russia, Oleksandr Kolchenko has been sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 40 hours of community work on the basis of false police protocols which the judge chose to believe
Lukashenko regime’s savagery may be backfiring in Belarus
14.08.2020
Belarus is not Ukraine, and any comparison would be foolhardy, however it does seem likely that the shocking savagery that the regime of Alexander Lukashenko has unleashed on peaceful protesters, including many teenagers, has backfired
Russian court revokes detention of Crimean Tatar civic journalist, but refuses to release him
14.08.2020
It has become so standard that ‘courts’ automatically extend detention without trial of Ukrainian political prisoners, that the hearings are scarcely worth reporting. Except when something goes wrong, which is what happened in the case of Osman Arifmemetov
Russian court revokes detention of Crimean Tatar civic journalist, but refuses to release him
14.08.2020
It has become so standard that ‘courts’ automatically extend detention without trial of Ukrainian political prisoners, that the hearings are scarcely worth reporting. Except when something goes wrong, which is what happened in the case of Osman Arifmemetov
Russian court revokes detention of Crimean Tatar civic journalist, but refuses to release him
14.08.2020
It has become so standard that ‘courts’ automatically extend detention without trial of Ukrainian political prisoners, that the hearings are scarcely worth reporting. Except when something goes wrong, which is what happened in the case of Osman Arifmemetov
Belarus initiates ‘mass riot’ criminal charges against detained Ukrainian rights activists
13.08.2020
A Belarusian human rights activist has informed Radio Svoboda that the two Ukrainian rights activists brutally detained on 12 August are to face criminal charges over supposed ‘mass riots’.
Belarus initiates ‘mass riot’ criminal charges against detained Ukrainian rights activists
13.08.2020
A Belarusian human rights activist has informed Radio Svoboda that the two Ukrainian rights activists brutally detained on 12 August are to face criminal charges over supposed ‘mass riots’.
Court in Russia refuses to hear defence witnesses confirming Crimean Tatar political prisoners’ innocence
13.08.2020
The Russian court in Rostov first refused to allow four defence witnesses to give testimony once it was ascertained that they had nothing to say against the men, and then expelled Server Mustafayev until the end of the trial after the latter tried to object
Court in Russia refuses to hear defence witnesses confirming Crimean Tatar political prisoners’ innocence
13.08.2020
The Russian court in Rostov first refused to allow four defence witnesses to give testimony once it was ascertained that they had nothing to say against the men, and then expelled Server Mustafayev until the end of the trial after the latter tried to object
The electronic communications law will allow the State to request the confidential information from phone users
12.08.2020
It could be said that adopting the Draft Law 3014 in such a state is impossible, and the need for it is doubtful in principle, given that the communications market successfully regulates itself.
Yulia Kuzmenko released from detention as ‘proof’ of involvement in Sheremet murder increasingly in question
12.08.2020
Kyiv’s Court of Appeal has released Yulia Kuzmenko into 24-hour house arrest seven months after the paediatric surgeon and military volunteer was arrested and remanded in custody, accused of involvement in the 2016 murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet
Russia’s fake ‘Ukrainian fascist’ returns to Ukraine to fight against ‘fratricidal’ war in Donbas
12.08.2020
Edward Kovalenko has returned to the Kherson oblast seven months after his release was demanded by the Russian-controlled militants in Donbas as part of the 29 December exchange of prisoners
Belarusian Opposition Presents Broadest Challenge Yet To Strongman Lukashenka After Disputed Election
12.08.2020
Belarus does indeed appear to be a new country, one in which opposition to the 65-year-old Lukashenka, who has ruled the country since 1994, is broader and more confident than ever before
On the readiness of the penitentiary system of Ukraine to counteract the spread of COVID-19
11.08.2020
Currently more than 52 000 persons are detained in penitentiary institutions and pre-trial detention centers in Ukraine, according to the information from the Ministry of Justice. Add to this number 28 000 of employees and we will receive the real picture that indicates another risk group that must be kept in sight when we talk about counteracting COVID-19.
On the readiness of the penitentiary system of Ukraine to counteract the spread of COVID-19
11.08.2020
Currently more than 52 000 persons are detained in penitentiary institutions and pre-trial detention centers in Ukraine, according to the information from the Ministry of Justice. Add to this number 28 000 of employees and we will receive the real picture that indicates another risk group that must be kept in sight when we talk about counteracting COVID-19.
Belarus: ‘I appeal to all Europe: Please help us, because they’re killing my family’
11.08.2020
The Lukashenko regime is brutally seeking to crush the huge public protest against the rigged elections on 9 August, with the West at present falling very short of threatening real measures in response
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