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• Topics / Against torture and ill-treatment
Supreme Court once again ignores a European Court of Human Rights Judgment
07.12.2009
It was learned on 7 December that the Supreme Court has refused to initiate a new court examination into the Stanislav Lutsenko case
The Supreme Court: Not all yet, I’ll begin from the end …
05.12.2009
The situation in the law enforcement bodies has not changed significantly. Confessions obtained by means of unlawful violence, physical or psychological, are used as proof of guilt and the passing of verdicts on the basis of dubious evidence a common situation
Police beat out confessions and lawyers face closed doors
04.12.2009
The presumption of innocence remains an illusion with the orientation from criminal investigation and Prosecutor’s Office bodies being totally on getting a conviction, not seldom without taking the actual facts into consideration
Conceal ill-treatment by moving the victim?
26.11.2009
The Centre for Legal and Political Studies “SIM” has expressed concern over allegations that prisoners in the Lutsk SIZO [investigative isolation unit] have been beaten and the refusal of SIZO staff to allow visits to the prisoners in question
Prosecutions over death of a detainee thanks to journalist investigation
24.11.2009
The Chervonohrad Prosecutor’s Office has completed its criminal investigation into charges against former police officers of the Sokal Police Station of exceeding their official powers over the death of Roman Stasyuk
Ukraine loses another case in Strasbourg over questionable “confessions”
20.11.2009
In the Case of Kolesnik v. Ukraine, the European Court of Human Rights has reiterated that self-incriminating statements made in the absence of a lawyer cannot serve as the main basis for criminal conviction
De Facto Moratorium on Extraditions to Kazakhstan
20.11.2009
On 19 November the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in the case of Kaboulov v. Ukraine which in effect imposes a moratorium on extraditions to Kazakhstan unless credible assurances of safety are offered by Kazakhstan
Study finds fall in unlawful police violence
16.11.2009
A comparative analysis of the results shows that in the period from 2003 there was a fall of about 400 thousand in the number of people experiencing blows and bodily injuries during detention
Contempt for the justice system from the Supreme Court?
09.11.2009
Yet what does one do if the highest judicial body – the Supreme Court of Ukraine – demonstrates flagrant contempt for the justice system? (on the Yaremenko case)
Allegations of torture in Kyiv remand unit
06.11.2009
Lawyers representing Yury Beketov, a remand prisoner in the Kyiv SIZO have stated that their client has not been provided with medical care which, according to European Court of Human Rights case law, can be deemed a form of torture
Former police officer imprisoned for killing a detainee
18.10.2009
A former senior criminal investigation officer from the Okhtyrsk city-district police department, Maxim Kolobylin has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for killing a detained person during interrogation
Supreme Court Judgment over the Yaremenko case
24.09.2009
The notorious judgment in which Ukraines Supreme Court flouted both the European Court of Human Rights and the rule of law, removing evidence obtained by inadmissible means while leaving the sentence intact
Torture with impunity?
31.08.2009
Not one law enforcement officer was convicted of torture last year despite the fact that even the Prosecutor General is aware of cases of torture. The reason for such impunity is considered to be flaws in the entire judicial and law enforcement systems
Trial begins of officers accused over death of detainee in Prytuki
28.08.2009
Nine officers of the Chernihiv Regional Department for Fighting Organized Crime [UBOZ] are charged with exceeding their powers and using unlawful methods of criminal investigation
Suspected use of torture by Chernivtsi police officers
03.08.2009
The Prosecutor even uses the word “torture” in this case where police officers are suspected of having tortured suspects to extract evidence yet the charge is of exceeding authority with the use of violence
Supreme Court not bothered about European Court of Human Rights judgments
31.07.2009
In an extraordinary judgment the Supreme Court has agreed to remove evidence which the Court in Strasbourg found suspicious, and yet uphold the verdict
Kyiv police officer charged with exceeding his powers
08.07.2009
Criminal charges of inflicting medium severity injuries on a person who had been detained for an administrative offence have been submitted to the court
Political will lacking to eradicate torture by the police
26.06.2009
On International Day in support of Victims of Torture 2009, improvements can be noted, yet the problems remain systemic and need greater and more united efforts
Another hitch in the Pomilyaiko case
17.06.2009
In another setback to attempts to try police officers over alleged torture of two women in order to force confessions from them, the Ordzhonikidze District Court in Kharkiv has again revoked the decision to initiate a criminal investigation against three officers
Police officers who beat to death Oleh Dunich get 6 and 9 years
28.05.2009
The men were charged with exceeding their power and official authority, with this being accompanied with violence over the death in custody of Oleh Dunich in December 2005
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