The Dzherzhynsky District Court in Kharkiv has placed a ban on advertisements in the mass media for the rally of the civic movement “Narodna samooborona” [“People’s Self-Defence”] in Kharkiv on 16 March

Their reasons remain as compelling as ever so it is only to be hoped that this time they will be heeded

This new initiative provides material – and a chance to test your knowledge! – concerning vital issues like human trafficking involving children and juvenile justice

“The introduction of such rules is in violation of citizens’ rights to free access to information. It also obstructs journalists from carrying out their professional duties, limiting their right of access to information"

“The introduction of such rules is in violation of citizens’ rights to free access to information. It also obstructs journalists from carrying out their professional duties, limiting their right of access to information"

They call it “a brutal, cynical and demonstrative act of reprisal against an opponent of the system, coated in the form of a court ruling”.

The Lviv civic journalist organization WETI is beginning its own investigation into pesticides which have gone missing in the Lviv region. If these have been buried anywhere, they could present a serious danger to the local population

The project’s aim in the coming year is to help youth organizations develop networking capacity and cooperation with other sectors in society, including the local authorities

They are asking that the Council of Europe look into the flagrant violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms during the events in St Petersburg on 3 March 2007. These violations particularly concerned freedom of peaceful assembly and security of person

She points out that Potebenko, when Prosecutor General, ignored Georgy Gongadze’s official statement that he was being followed, and did nothing to achieve an effective investigation into the murder

She points out that Potebenko, when Prosecutor General, ignored Georgy Gongadze’s official statement that he was being followed, and did nothing to achieve an effective investigation into the murder

They call for consensus over the future of building democratic institutions, adopting important judicial and legal reforms and taking forward the fight against corruption, despite differences of opinion and fierce political combats over the monopolisation of power.

A festival is to take place from14-25 March in Kyiv entitled “Belarusian Spring” and is timed to coincide with the anniversary of “Belarusian Maidan” [the mass protest on October Square in Minsk after the presidential elections]

The Russian scientist Igor Sutyagin, recognized a political prisoner by Amnesty International, has been transferred to the camp punishment cell [SHIZO] for three months

The fact that men and women have equal rights in this area must be viewed in the light of the fairly miserable ratings for the protection of any property rights

As feared, a Russian court has ordered the transfer to a harsher regime colony of Mikhail Trepashkin, believed by many to be serving a four-year service for his efforts to uncover the real culprits of the 1999 apartment block bombings in Moscow.

The project envisages using an Internet bulletin to inform journalists about both laws already passed on the mass media, and about draft laws prepared for discussion

Amnesty International in Ukraine is calling for stiffer sentences for those guilty of crimes of violence against women and for state-funded refuge centres to be created

Mikhail Trepashkin, Russian lawyer serving a sentence on trumped up and absurd charges, pressed after his investigation into the apartment bombings in 1999 in Moscow, needs the attention of the world. Every political prisoner ignored convinces the Russian authorities that they can act with impunity!

The initiative to build a memorial complex in memory f the Victims of Holodomor has run up against the city authorities. The chief city architect has decided that a park is a park, and (disputably) that Holodomor affected the region more than the city