Investigations are continuing into this foul and for Ukraine unprecedented incident during which a Nazi banner was unfurled in Kyiv

A roundtable run by the Committee of Voters of Ukraine has called on political factions to stop using the language issue, and others, as part of their election campaigning

A roundtable run by the Committee of Voters of Ukraine has called on political factions to stop using the language issue, and others, as part of their election campaigning

Public statement from civic organizations, public figures, and members of the media on the inadmissibility of constitutional changes being used or made for political gain and affirming that it is civic society which must be the key player in any changes to what is a public contract, not a political tool

KHPG legal expert Arkady Bushchenko calls the new legislative initiative an attempt to transfer the problem from the patient to a healthy person. There are laws, they need to be made to work.

KHPG legal expert Arkady Bushchenko calls the new legislative initiative an attempt to transfer the problem from the patient to a healthy person. There are laws, they need to be made to work.

Andrei Klimov, who has already served long sentences for his opposition to Lukashenko’s regime, was charged with insulting the President and calls to seize power supposedly present in an article posted on the Internet

Human rights organizations have long warned that the divide between different branches of power in the country is becoming increasingly blurred. The degree to which all aspects of Ukrainian life, and most worryingly, the judiciary, have become politicized is undermining Ukraine’s development as a law-based society.

Human rights organizations have long warned that the divide between different branches of power in the country is becoming increasingly blurred. The degree to which all aspects of Ukrainian life, and most worryingly, the judiciary, have become politicized is undermining Ukraine’s development as a law-based society.

Ukraine’s Committee of Voters considers the greatest problem with regard to the use of administrative resource in these elections to be the fact that some public officials are combining their official duties with activities either as heads of electoral commissions or as candidates for National Deputy

While the head of the lyceum said that the picketers did not disturb lessons, the head of the civic organizations “Ukrainian Home” believes that the picket demanding the school’s closure is jeopardizing regional security and that this is just one element of a dangerous trend

The Central Election Commission would appear to not be intending to impose requirements as regards additional documents which voters would need to produce to confirm their inability to vote at a polling station

The PACE Co-rapporteurs are also disturbed by the fact that many public officials are engaging in campaigning for their political faction which can be considered abuse of administrative resources

The Russian Supreme Court has upheld the Prosecutor’s appeal against a lower court ruling which found - in accordance with Russian law - that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev should be tried according to where the alleged offences took place, not thousands of miles away

The National Media Trade Union has issued a statement clearly indicating that their union must not be used as part of any political campaigning in the run-up to the elections

The Ukrainian Open Association working with children suffering from cancer has turned to the “Internet community” [that’s all of us, by the way] asking that we help to publicize their site. .A small banner on your website can save a life is the message they (and we) want to pass on.

Venal journalists making television stories to order sully us all no less than censorship three years ago. Like then, it is in our hands

Venal journalists making television stories to order sully us all no less than censorship three years ago. Like then, it is in our hands

The resolution passed on 5 September to “isolate class enemies in concentration camps” marked the beginning of what was to turn into the GULAG and claim the lives of millions

As well as suggesting that the needed changes to deputy immunity be deferred, Hanne Severinsen also expressed concern about the situation with home voting and said that she hope it would not lead to the vote-rigging seen in 2004