The recent ruling on an administrative suit filed by the victim of an attack against the police for their refusal to launch a criminal investigation is a positive move for a Ukrainian court and hopefully a lesson for the police

The human rights organization “Memorial” stated recently that in Chechnya the most pressing problems are “abductions, extrajudicial executions and killings”

The Central Department of the MIA did not find that its officers acted in violation of their official duties during the assault by a member of the Party of the Regions, Oleh Kalashnikov on a filming crew of Television Channel STB

The Central Department of the MIA did not find that its officers acted in violation of their official duties during the assault by a member of the Party of the Regions, Oleh Kalashnikov on a filming crew of Television Channel STB

According to the editorial office of the new television channel “ATR”, their goal is to help restore the Crimean Tatar language and culture.

On this day human rights groups join the UN Working Group in calling on all countries to put an end to enforced disappearances and secret detention

On this day human rights groups join the UN Working Group in calling on all countries to put an end to enforced disappearances and secret detention

An analysis of how Ukrainian legislation regulating the rules and conditions for holding individuals remanded in custody in pre-trial detention centres (SIZO) comply with the standards and recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture

A harrowing story which for the author has fuly confirmed his suspicion that those who commit acts of torture and brutality in their work cannot fail to be brutalized as people

A harrowing story which for the author has fuly confirmed his suspicion that those who commit acts of torture and brutality in their work cannot fail to be brutalized as people

The author, with twenty years experience working within the penal system, calls for major changes in how the authorities and society view punishment and deprivation of liberty. Those who commit crimes should be punished, certainly, but not crippled for life.

"Reporters without Frontiers" have labelled as "absurd, unjust and shameful" the sentences of 6 and 7 years passed on journalist Ogulsapar Muradova and two human rights activists

In paying tribute to the 300 students who were killed, the President stressed that their act had been concealed for almost 90 years and that there were many places in Ukraine which still hide the remains of such innocent victims

Human rights organizations appeal for help in finding Elina Ersenova , abducted on 17 August after informing a human rights organization of threats against her by Kadyrov’s security service

Volodymyr Marmus who was sentenced to six years labour camp and 5 years exile after he and his friends in 1973 hoisted the Ukrainian flag in the town of Chortkiv speaks of their act and the reaction of the Soviet regime

No explanation has been given for Ogulsapar Muradova’s arrest and she has not been allowed to see a lawyer

One of the activists of the Belarusian civic initiative “Partnerstvo”, imprisoned for wanting to monitor the elections, released yesterday describes her experiences and her inability to do nothing when “such things are happening in the country”

The Vinnytsa Region Prosecutor’s office reports infringements in holding detained individuals, convicted prisoners, and those remanded in custody.

The Vinnytsa Region Prosecutor’s office reports infringements in holding detained individuals, convicted prisoners, and those remanded in custody.