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Amnesty International on human rights problems in Ukraine
24.05.2007
Not surprisingly Ukraine came in for heavy criticism over its illegal deportation in February 2006 of 11 asylum seekers Other problems that AI focuses on include prisoners rights, the high prevalence of tuberculosis in Ukrainian penal institutions, the conditions in pre-trial detention units [SIZO] and the use of torture
Katyń: Moscow City Court refuses to grant “Memorial” the right of app
23.05.2007
By not allowing “Memorial” to appeal against the Russian Chief Military Prosecutors Offices refusal to rehabilitate the victims of the Katyń Massacre, Russian courts are not only abetting a further crime against the victims of this atrocity, but are also in breach of the Russian Constitution
Possible ways out of the present political crisis: some ideas put forward
23.05.2007
From 3-5 May 2007 the “Democratic Initiatives” Foundation surveyed 14 prominent Ukrainians regarding their views on how to overcome the political crisis in Ukraine. The specific questions were all open, with the respondents making their suggestions rather than assessing given variants.
Presidential Decree honours the Victims of the Great Terror
22.05.2007
President Yushchenko has issued a decree establishing the third Sunday in May as Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression and instructing on measures for marking the seventieth anniversary of the Terror of 1937-1938
All punished, but not so very guilty?
22.05.2007
Supposedly all those who involved school children in the coalitions political rallies have been punished. Judging by the Minister of Educations comments today, however, one wonders what he thinks those who took children away from school in Chyhyryn were actually punished for
Bykivnya: Вічна память - Eternal Memory
21.05.2007
It is fitting that we should be united at this time in honouring every innocent victim of Soviet crimes. Yet while the truth remains sketchy, the graves hidden, and pitifully few details known about the true scale of the Terror and its victims, can we truly speak of honouring their memory?
The Monitoring must go on
21.05.2007
On 8 February 2005, civic society marked Nina Karpachovas election to the post by launching a monitoring campaign aimed at making the work of the Human Rights Ombudspersons Secretariat more transparent and effective. The need for such scrutiny, given woefully inadequate work and heavily politicized behaviour, was – and remains – clear to all
Remembrance Day at Bykivnya
20.05.2007
President Yushchenko is planning to issue a Decree making the third Sunday in May each year Day in Memory of the Victims of the Communist Regime. He spoke of this during a ceremony to honour the victims of the Stalinist regime at the “Bykivnya Graves
All correspondents of Radio “Russian News Service” have resigned in protest at censorship
19.05.2007
One of the journalists who has resigned explains that the new management prohibited the journalists from covering the activities of the opposition and instructed them to provide mainly “positive news”.
Historian who denies the Holocaust thrown out of a book fair in Poland
19.05.2007
David Irving, who recently spent 13 months in an Austrian prison for his extremely public denial of the Holocaust, appears to have misunderstood where he might fight a receptive audience. The organizers of the Warsaw International Book Fair swiftly removed any possible misunderstanding.
Hundreds of candles lit in memory of deported Crimean Tatars
18.05.2007
On Thursday evening activists of the Crimean Tatar Youth Centre organized and took part in a candle ceremony entitled ““Light a candle in your heart” in memory of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars from the Crimea in May 1944.
A Human Rights Ombudsperson must serve the people not the coalition
17.05.2007
The Human Rights Ombudsperson Nina Karpachova is politically engaged and falsifies checks into citizens complaints. These are some of the conclusions reached by the civic human rights organizations who have been monitoring her activities since she was re-appointed 100 days ago
Belarusian Solidarity Day “Ode to a Dictator”
17.05.2007
On 16 May a festival of civic Ukrainian and Belarusian poetry was held outside the Belarusian Embassy in Kyiv. The meeting began with the lighting of candles in solidarity and remembrance near the photos of civic activists who disappeared without trace in Belarus
In Memory of the Victims
17.05.2007
On the 63rd anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars ceremonies to honour the victims are to be held today and tomorrow throughout the Crimea
CVU: Politicians close to making a farce of the elections
17.05.2007
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine is outraged that such amendments to electoral legislation are being discussed without the involvement of civic organizations and specialists in the field. They also believe that if some of the proposed amendments were to be implemented, they would jeopardize the full organization of the electoral process
Paliyev backs down
16.05.2007
There may just be grounds for believing that some politicians do respond to public outrage, especially when it is fierce, as over the recently announced plans to make it possible to dismissal pregnant employees for “infringements of labour legislation”
Monument to the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Deportation unveiled in the Crimea
16.05.2007
The unveiling ceremony in the settlement of Mizhvodne was timed to coincide with the 63rd anniversary of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars which began on 18 May 1944
No to the attempts by Yanukovychs Government to cancel benefits for pregnant employees
16.05.2007
Statement from the International Womens Human Rights Centre “La Strada – Ukraine” in protest at the proposals by the Government to introduce amendments to labour legislation enabling employers to dismiss pregnant employees
Ten postulates regarding the Ukrainian electoral system
16.05.2007
An analysis of some of the problems in the electoral system, such as excessive focus on party allegiance, non-transparent candidate lists and discouragement of truly independent politicians
Remembrance Day for the Victims of Communist Repression in the Bykivnya Forest
15.05.2007
Those attending the annual remembrance ceremony at the “Bykivnya Graves” near Kyiv include relatives of the over 150 thousand victims buried in this place. There are also many who to this day do not know where the graves of their relatives lie.
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