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High Court finds dismissal of Yanukovych’s Constitutional Court head unlawful
19.06.2014
On Wednesday the High Administrative Court allowed the suit brought by Viacheslav Ovcharenko against his dismissal in February by a parliamentary resolution
Scandalous release of ex-MP convicted murderer could accelerate court reform
13.06.2014
A day after it was learned that Viktor Lozinsky, the former MP sentenced only 3 years ago to 15 years for murder had been released early, President Poroshenko has called the release “a diagnosis of the critical state of the judicial system” and ordered that a working group consider speeding up reforms
Ex-MP Lozinsky released from murder sentence ‘on health grounds’
13.06.2014
The murder and Lozinsky’s trial received huge publicity at the time, and the announcement of his release on Wednesday also received wide coverage. Early release on health grounds is provided for by legislation, but relatively seldom granted
Prominent film directors express concern over FSB prosecution of Oleg Sentsov
13.06.2014
A number of prominent film directors including Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi, Ken Loach and others have endorsed a letter from the European Film Academy in defence of Oleg Sentsov
Sentsov: My country, for whose freedom I fought, will not abandon me”.
05.06.2014
Dmitry Dinze, lawyer representing Oleg Sentsov, the well-known Ukrainian film director, AutoMaidan activist and staunch opponent of Russian occupation, has said that Russia’s FSB used torture to extract testimony from his client.
Russia’s FSB launches first Crimean show trial
02.06.2014
Five days after Ukraine’s presidential elections gave the lie to Moscow’s claims of a far right ‘junta’ in which the nationalist Right Sector is lead villain, four Crimean opponents of Russian annexation, one a prominent film director, have been accused of a Right Sector ‘terrorist conspiracy’
Forget judicial overhaul: for court presidents it’s business as usual
28.05.2014
For a number of reasons, including serious pressure on the judge corps, the new law aimed at restoring confidence in the judiciary has resulted in the majority of cases in the same court presidents being re-elected
’Terrorism’ trials for Crimean film director and other opponents of annexation
22.05.2014
Russia’s FSB has arrested renowned Crimean film director, Oleg Sentsov, and two young men - Gennady Afanasyev and Alexander Kolchenko, apparently on terrorism charges. All three are known for their strong civic position and opposition to Russia’s occupation
Human rights groups oppose current draft bill on amnesty for separatists
22.05.2014
A number of NGOs are proposing important amendments to the current draft law aimed at ensuring, among other things, that criminal investigations are carried out and issues of compensation for victims resolved, before liability is waived.
Young student activist arrested in Crimea
19.05.2014
On May 16 Alexander Kolchenko, student and environmental activist was arrested in broad daylight by men in plain clothes, believed to be FSB officers.
Ukrainian film producer facing Russian ‘terrorism’ charges
19.05.2014
Filmmakers have come out in defence of Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian film producer and EuroMaidan activist who, as reported, was arrested in Simferopol on May 11 and is understood to be accused of .planning a terrorist act’.
Amnesty Law: Geneva’s endorsement of impunity
24.04.2014
“Likening militants armed with Kalashnikov rifles to the Maidan protesters is hypocrisy and a flagrant insult to the memory of those who died on Maidan, and misleads the public.” – EuroMaidan SOS about the “amnesty bill”
Odessa EuroMaidan blocks attempt to sabotage law on cleaning up judiciary
24.04.2014
On Wednesday EuroMaidan activists blocked all entrances to the Odessa Law Academy where they had reason to believe a secret congress of law institutes had been called by Serhiy Kivalov to surreptitiously vote in their members to the High Council of Justice
Crucial law on judicial overhaul passed
09.04.2014
A victory was achieved on Tuesday with the adoption by parliament of draft Law No. 4378-1 which, among other things, will lead to a totally new makeup of judicial administrative bodies which were gravely compromised under the Yanukovych regime
Ivashchenko “cleared” by the same judges who convicted him
08.04.2014
On April 4 former Acting Defence Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko’s convictions were quashed by the same judges - Serhiy Vovk; Oksana Tsarevych; and Volodymyr Karavan – who sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment in 2012
Maidan activists stop questionable congress of judges
08.04.2014
Civic activists succeeded on Monday in preventing an extraordinary congress of judges which was almost certainly planning to vote in new members in advance of the law aimed at cleaning up Ukraine’s seriously compromised judiciary
Olaolu Femi: Suspended sentence for defending himself
03.04.2014
The verdict passed on April 1 in the trial of Nigerian student Olaolu Femi could have been worse, but should have been better. The former student of Luhansk Medical University received a five year suspended sentence with a three year probation period
Creating a trustworthy judiciary
01.04.2014
Revolutions most often fail because only the faces in power change. This was the fate of the 2004 Orange Revolution, and a pressing imperative now is to ensure that the same thing does not happen again. On a draft law proposing lustration of judges - its scope, failings and likely dangers
Justice at long last in the Zaporizhya Church bomb case ("Справа паламарів")
12.03.2014
Three young men are to be released under the amnesty law for political prisoners after spending almost 4 years in custody charged with a crime that nobody believes they committed. The first young man was taken into custody the morning after President Yanukovych on nationwide TV demanded arrests within the week
Two men charged over 2012 Dnipropetrovsk bomb blasts released
11.03.2014
In a very welcome move, a Dnipropetrovsk district court has released two men held in custody for two years in connection with the 2012 bomb blasts in the centre of Dnipropetrovsk which injured around 30 people
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