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Ukrainian Library director to remain under house arrest on ‘extremism’ charges
29.01.2016
A Moscow court on Jan 27 extended for a further 3 months the house arrest imposed on Natalya Sharina, Director of the Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow. The application for the 58-year-old librarian to be at least allowed short walks so that she could walk to a clinic was turned down
Well-known Russian actor fights for right to stay in Ukraine
29.01.2016
Sergei Anisiforov, 45, gave up a successful career as a TV and film actor in Russia to participate in Ukraine’s Maidan. Now he is part of the Odessa Maidan self-defence forces, but he is also battling the Ukrainian Migration Service for the right to remain in the country legally
A Crimean Kafkaesque Trial Hidden from Council of Europe Eyes
28.01.2016
The Jan 27 hearing in the trial in Russian-occupied Crimea of Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz and other Crimean Tatars ended within minutes on Wednesday, with the presence in the peninsula of a Council of Europe fact-finding delegation suggested as a likely reason. There certainly is a lot the Russian occupation regime has reason to conceal.
Ukraine sees drop in xenophobic violence everywhere but Russian-occupied Crimea
28.01.2016
Ukraine’s far-right has no need to look for mythical enemies when there’s a real enemy to be fought and their country truly needs to be defended. That is one of the reasons put forward in explaining the good news that the last 2 years of conflict, first on Maidan, then because of Russian aggression have not led to an increase in anti-Semitic and xenophobic violence in Ukraine.
Separatist Leader Admits To Razing Ukrainian Village, Hails ’Good’ Soviet Ideology
28.01.2016
Alexander Zakharchenko has admitted to burning down a village at the height of fighting more than a year ago, while praising a proposal for restoring the place.
Russian tried for picket in support of Savchenko seeks refuge in Ukraine
27.01.2016
Russian civic activist Irina Kalmykova has been forced to flee Russia where she was facing the same charges over totally peaceful protest that resulted in a three-year prison sentence for Ildar Dadin. Like 76-year-old Vladimir Ionov, Iryna and her 14-year-old son have come to Ukraine, and are clearly in need of asylum.
Russian tried for picket in support of Savchenko seeks refuge in Ukraine
27.01.2016
Russian civic activist Irina Kalmykova has been forced to flee Russia where she was facing the same charges over totally peaceful protest that resulted in a three-year prison sentence for Ildar Dadin. Like 76-year-old Vladimir Ionov, Iryna and her 14-year-old son have come to Ukraine, and are clearly in need of asylum.
Ukrainian farmer persecuted for opposing Russian occupation of Crimea
27.01.2016
The trial is ending in Russian-occupied Crimea of a Ukrainian farmer accused of ‘publicly insulting a police officer’. The circumstances of this case, and previous run-ins over recent months give serious grounds for believing that Volodymyr Balukh is facing systematic persecution for taking an openly pro-Ukrainian stand
“Not one country reacted”: 71 years since the Liberation of Auschwitz
27.01.2016
“Graves force any normal human being to stop and think. Yet here there are no graves. That means that on the place where an unthinkable crime was perpetrated, reflection must be transformed into particular responsibility, into enduring remembrance of what happened" - Władysław Bartoszewski
In Soviet Style FSB orders Crimean postal service to inform on dissidents
26.01.2016
All post offices in Russian-occupied Crimea have been sent a list of Crimeans supposedly suspected of or sentenced for ‘extremism or terrorism’, and told to inform Russia’s FSB if any correspondence arrives for them or anybody asks for it
Savchenko ‘Court’ rejects documentary proof of innocence
26.01.2016
The court appears to be allowing the defence to have its say, while in fact blocking material which exposes the cynical lies and lack of any substance to the charges against the former Ukrainian pilot
Council of Europe Human Rights Mission starts in Crimea
26.01.2016
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, announced his decision to send a delegation to Crimea on Jan 25 in order to assess the human right situation on the peninsula.
Will the West accept Potemkim elections in Donbas?
25.01.2016
The Kremlin-backed militants of the so-called ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ are refusing to allow Ukrainian parties to take part in their local elections. This alone would make Western recognition questionable and it is only one of multiple sticking points.
So can you annex a country’s territory & jail those who criticize this for ‘separatism’?
25.01.2016
The European Court of Human Rights will be judging whether criticism of Russia’s forced annexation of Crimea constitutes a ‘public call to violate Russia’s territorial integrity’ and warranted the 3-year sentence passed on Tatar activist Rafis Kashapov
Russian TV Presenter Accused Of Incitement In Germany
25.01.2016
To Berlin-based lawyer Martin Luithle, Ivan Blagoy’s coverage was a reckless attempt to incite fear and hatred against migrants among Germany’s 6 million Russian speakers, and is punishable under German law.
In Memory of the First Maidan Victims
23.01.2016
We remember Serhiy Nihoyan, Mikhail Zhyznevsky, Roman Senyk and Yury Verbytsky - the first of the Nebesna Sotnya, those killed on Maidan. It has become a bitter refrain that nobody has been brought to answer for their murders.
Russian TV: ’Litvinenko poisoned himself’
22.01.2016
While observers around the world were sharing Marina Litvinenko’s relief that the likely role of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s role in her husband’s murder had finally been clearly stated, pro-Kremlin media were in overdrive trying to undermine the report.
New Surreal Trial of Maidan Activist in Russian-occupied Crimea
22.01.2016
A sinister new trial is looming in Russian-occupied Crimea of a young Maidan activist accused of being a member of a non-existent ‘extremist’ group and trying to murder Berkut officers
Seeking Asylum In Ukraine, Russian Dissidents Get Cold Shoulder
22.01.2016
Amid a deepening Kremlin crackdown on dissent, more than 200 Russians who have fallen afoul of the authorities in their country have fled to Ukraine since the beginning of 2014, according to the Ukrainian State Migration Service.
Court in Russian-occupied Crimea orders arrest of Mustafa Dzhemilev
21.01.2016
Almost two years after Russia banned world-renowned Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemiliev from his native Crimea, a court in Simferopol has ordered his arrest, claiming that he "is hiding from the investigators"
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