At a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council Konovalov apparently stated that in his opinion the murders of journalists and human rights defenders in Russia were not linked with their activities and should be viewed as normal criminal incidents

The Single Court Register which was intended to provide free and comprehensive information about court rulings in Ukraine is not working

The latest meeting between the SBU and Polish Delegation agreed to sign an Agreement on joint study regarding Holodomor and other forced famines, as well as the political repressions of the totalitarian communist regime

The Anti-Monopoly Committee’s preliminary findings suggest that a conspiracy between several pharmaceutical companies could have heightened a rise in prices of medicines

In January 2009 at least 39 people suffered racist and neo-Nazi attacks. 14 of them died. The statistics are lower than for January 2008 when at least 59 people fell victim, with 15 of them killed

The court passed a 3.5 year suspended sentence on Vasyl Romanyshyn

KHPG lawyer Arkady Bushchenko believes that people are learning that the European Court of Human Rights cannot help in all cases. On the other hand, he sees the claims being put forward as being of high-quality and capable of making an impact on Ukrainian courts

The death has been announced in Moscow of human rights defender Yefrem Yankelevich who was for many years authorized representative and close associate of Andrei Sakharov

The civic organization, representing the victim and her family, as well as the Prosecutor, are appalled by the effective reduction of the charges and are calling for a stiff sentence

The civic organization, representing the victim and her family, as well as the Prosecutor, are appalled by the effective reduction of the charges and are calling for a stiff sentence

The Supreme Court in Ingushetia has confirmed that Ingush opposition figure and owner of the opposition website Ingushetia.ru , Magomed Yevloev, who was killed while in a police car last year, had been detained unlawfully

The Cabinet of Ministers had been proposing to provide money for insulin to people suffering from diabetes directly. Huge concern had been expressed by doctors and civic organizations, especially given the economic crisis

On 30 January the President signed the Law “On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the right of religious organizations to permanent use of land sites”.

This was the general result of a survey to ascertain how people assess the system of benefits, how well-informed they are of their rights with regard to specific benefits, and whether they would prefer targeted financial assistance to the present system

Based on the Soviet Criminal Code of 1926 only a counterrevolutionary crime is not subject to a time limit. Since the Katyń Massacre cannot be called counterrevolutionary, the Court considers the time for seeking justice to have expired

A Kyiv court has refused to declare a Cabinet of Ministers Resolution on court warrants for interception of communications unlawful, but has issued a separate judgment warning the Cabinet that the Resolution fails to safeguard vital rights

The Ministry on the Family, Youth and Sport has set up a special email address [email protected] where members of the public, representatives of the authorities at all levels, specialists, etc, can send information on issues of gender equality

Joseph Stiglitz said in Paris on Tuesday that he believes recent International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loans will undermine the economies it is trying to help

Myroslava Gongadze asserts that those in power are positively protecting the fourth man sought over her husband’s murder and that nothing is really being done to achieve progress

Myroslava Gongadze asserts that those in power are positively protecting the fourth man sought over her husband’s murder and that nothing is really being done to achieve progress