The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv has refused to allow a civil suit claiming that the decisions by the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv Regional Councils to give Russian the status of a regional language were unlawful

Yury Shukhevych spent 35 years in Soviet labour camps. With first group disability as a result, he is now regrettably forced to use the courts to receive the compensation to which he is entitled

Her arrest signals that Uzbekistan has become more sophisticated at silencing journalists and public activists, the joint statement by the 14 groups said. It cited several criminal prosecutions of journalists and human rights activists in the past year.

According to the US State Department Country Report on Human Rights Practices, corruption remains widespread in all branches of power in Ukraine. Other problems highlighted were an increase in racial intolerance; violations of the rights of women and of children; and law enforcement officers frequently resort to torture and extortion

According to the US State Department Country Report on Human Rights Practices, corruption remains widespread in all branches of power in Ukraine. Other problems highlighted were an increase in racial intolerance; violations of the rights of women and of children; and law enforcement officers frequently resort to torture and extortion

IOM Ukraine Counter-trafficking Programme Coordinator, Fredric Larsson pointed out that the level of labour exploitation was four times higher than that for sexual bondage, but warned that the figures could be distorted since victims of sexual bondage are reluctant to tell people what they went through.

Despite the response of the Verkhovna Rada, Viktor Yushchenko has issued a Decree instructing that measures be taken to honour the memory of the renowned human rights defender and one of the founders of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Petro Grigorenko on the 100th anniversary of his birth

Hanne Severinsen noted that over the last few years the Ukrainian media had been half a year away from public broadcasting. Various branches of power had promised to do everything to promote its creation, but no further progress had been made

Despite advances in technology, with special programs available in other countries, Ukraine continues to have material for people with impaired vision using obsolete technology

After more than 18 months in custody under threat of being extradited to Uzbekistan on trumped up charges of being involved in the uprising in Andijon, the “Ivanovo Uzbeks” are to be released, although the Russian Prosecutor General’s extradition order, halted by Strasbourg, remains in force

PACE Co-rapporteur Renate Wohlwend would not like to give a timescale for an end to monitoring. Many of the people she has met in the last few days express concern that Ukraine is experiencing a period of stagnation

The main question, Semyon Gluzman believes, is what to put in such a museum. There are still a fair number of documents which have yet to be made public and which are in special archives of the SBU

All modern history demonstrates that a political regime which violates human rights and the rule of law ever more overtly is sooner or later doomed.

The Belarusians have specially arrived from Minsk in order to draw attention to the lack of access to justice in their own country

PACE welcomes the tabling in parliament of a number of draft laws which allow for fundamental changes to the court system in Ukraine, however is concerned by numerous reservations from the Supreme Court which some parliamentarians seem to be using to drag out the reform

PACE welcomes the tabling in parliament of a number of draft laws which allow for fundamental changes to the court system in Ukraine, however is concerned by numerous reservations from the Supreme Court which some parliamentarians seem to be using to drag out the reform

With lack of knowledge of even one foreign language often hindering fruitful cooperation with other organizations, the organizers hope that through this project, local civic organizations which are the main contributors to the development of civic society in Ukraine will find new prospects and horizons opening before them.

“Memorial” has done a huge amount to reveal the truth about the crimes of communism in the USSR and to have the millions of victims of the Bolshevik Terror rehabilitated.

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Monitoring Committee Co-rapporteur, Hanne Severinsen believes it would be premature to draw conclusions about stopping monitoring the situation in Ukraine

Ukrainian civic society is increasingly understanding that the initiative for change must come from them, this time in combating corruption and bribe-taking