Kremenchug resident Roman Pustovy died on 18 March 2006 in the Avtozavodsky district police station. Seven months later the prosecutor’s office has yet to give any statement as to the cause of his death

Kremenchug resident Roman Pustovy died on 18 March 2006 in the Avtozavodsky district police station. Seven months later the prosecutor’s office has yet to give any statement as to the cause of his death

Events are planned in Kyiv around the 9th of November to mark an event which was of major impact in raising awareness in Ukraine and within the world community of human rights and how they were being violated by the Soviet regime

Ukraine holds 105th place out of 168 countries according to the Reporters without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index. Of other CIS countries Russia is in 147th, Belarus 151st, Uzbekistan - 155th, while Turkmenistan is labelled one of the three worst violators of free expression (in 167th place)

A memorial service will be held on 27 October 2006 for the victims of the Terror, murdered in the Sandarmokh Clearing in Southern Karelia on 27 October and from 1 – 4 November 1937

“Karelian land was destined to become forever the pantheon of the Executed Ukrainian Renaissance. One of the blackest pages of Ukraine’s history is written in the blood of the murdered geniuses of our nation. This history must for ever remain before us as a reminder and warning for future generations”

The last remains will be laid to rest of approximately 500 people, victims of the repressions of the 1940s. There are also plans to rebury the remains of leaders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Yevhen Konovalets, Stepan Bandera, Andriy Melnyk and others

He stated this during a meeting with Hungary’s Ukrainian community during a visit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising against Soviet rule

The Russian actor Stanislav Sadalsky as a mark of solidarity with the Georgian people has asked for Georgian citizenship

The Georgian nationals detained in Moscow are asking that their deportation to Georgia be speeded up. Around 60 people, among them a child, have been held in custody for more than ten days

Unfortunately, we are forced to spell out axioms regarding the defence of national interests, the defence and observance of the law, the dignity of the citizen and the state. And we must explain these axioms to those people who want to govern the Ukrainian state

A representative claims that the journalists have been experiencing pressure and the owner owner has for several months been ignoring their calls to sign principles on editorial policy and a labour contract

A representative claims that the journalists have been experiencing pressure and the owner owner has for several months been ignoring their calls to sign principles on editorial policy and a labour contract

“Fox has taken Rabbit’s mirror from him, and Rabbit turns for help to the children. Rabbit is small, and sly Fox has taken away his rights”. Such tales with elements of knowledge about human rights form part of the program in the kindergarten

Another Court judgment deems the conditions in SIZO to constitute inhuman and degrading treatment, and points out that the problems are of a structural nature.

On 17 October the Verkhovna Rada rejected the draft laws on amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine (on the right of religious organizations to permanently use land

As feared from the outset, the new law, which has left most foreign NGOs unregistered, seems designed to prevent such organizations from having representative offices in Russia

The draft laws sent back for revision were on liability for corrupt offences, the principles for preventing and countering corruption and on the liability of legal entities for corruption offences.

“European Union leaders must demand that Russia restores a degree of pluralism and free expression into the media.”

Yet another jury trial in St Petersburg has ended in acquittals or verdicts quashing charges involving ethnic emnity