Viktor Yushchenko wants to activate work on gaining recognition from the world community that Holodomor [the artificially created Famine] of 1932-1933 was an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people and one of the greatest tragedies of human history.

A Russian prosecutor wants the Society closed down claiming that its head, Stas Dmitrievsky, has been prohibited from engaging in human rights activities (!) for four years. Dmitrievsky’s recent appeal to the European Court of Human Rights may however also have something to do with this …

The famous human rights defender and widow of Andrei Sakharov gave this interview after Putin broke his silence when asked in Germany about the journalist’s murder

The Belarusian authorities may be trying to use serious criminal charges against political opponents in order to remove and to try to discredit them

Nina Karpachova’s "resume is an incredible and convincing illustration of the devaluation of the moral principles of the present power elite, of the double standards with which the so-called “democratic” leaders try to measure the most fundamental concept for civilized nations of “human rights”.

Following on from the transport blockade of Georgia, the Russian authorities have launched a campaign against members of the Georgian community in the Russian Federation

On Tuesday outside the Russian Embassy in Kyiv and in Lviv, Ukrainians lit candles in Anna Politkovskya’s memory and read from her book about the war in Chechnya

Statement from the Committee on Monitoring Press Freedom in the Crimea and the Crimean Association of Free Journalists

On the tour around Ukraine of this important human rights film collection, and why human rights groups in Chernihiv are trying to draw attention to human rights infringements in their region

The Head of the review commission of the Federal national-cultural autonomy “Ukrainians in Russia”, Natalya Kovalyova, was brutally assaulted in Tula

The Head of the review commission of the Federal national-cultural autonomy “Ukrainians in Russia”, Natalya Kovalyova, was brutally assaulted in Tula

The first, but seemingly not last, such agreement aimed at improving the level of openness and accountability of the local authorities and public participation in decision making

Somebody wise said that “the significance of a person is defined by the goal for which they live and the price they are prepared to pay to achieve that goal”. The vile murder in the entrance of her own block of flats was, it would seem, the price which Anna Politkovskaya paid to achieve her objective – to tell the truth whatever the cost, as a journalist and as a citizen.

Ukrainians will gather and light candles in memory of the slain journalist and human rights defender on Tuesday 10 October in Kyiv.

When there seemed no justice, defence and compassion, Anna Politkovskaya was the last hope for very many people. Her impassioned words gave them strength and confidence that they had not been abandoned to their fate where absolute fear, violence and lawlessness reign.

They are in no doubt that she was killed because of her fearless journalism and call on the authorities to find those responsble and bring them to justice

Around one and a half thousand people attended a meeting on Sunday 8 October in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, murdered on Saturday. Anna Politkovskaya wrote a lot about the war in Chechnya and about grave human rights violations committed by Federal troops and the Kadyrov regime

Anna Politkovskaya, journalist, human rights defender and fierce critic of Russia’s actions in Chechnya and elsewhere, was gunned down today in Moscow

The author looks at the recent rollercoaster movements in Ukrainian politics, taking a harsh view of losses and failures, while affirming the values and the ongoing power of Maidan which lie deeper than politicians’ games and slogans

The author looks at the recent rollercoaster movements in Ukrainian politics, taking a harsh view of losses and failures, while affirming the values and the ongoing power of Maidan which lie deeper than politicians’ games and slogans