We strive to build a state governed by the rule of law, where corruption has no place. But we have to admit that anti-corruption agencies do not adhere to the rule of law, have inherited Soviet approaches, and imitate the fight against corruption.

The court upheld the conviction of a 70-year-old pensioner to 1 year in prison for “liking” a post about a Russian general. Arkadii Bushchenko explains why such punishments have nothing to do with a democratic society.

A Ukrainian court has finally released Volodymyr Panasenko after well over 16 years in prison for a crime that nobody ever believed he had committed

Comments on the new draft laws which disqualify the members of Ukrainian pro-Russian parties from being elected to legislative bodies at all levels.

On March 26, 2023, the spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), confirmed in a press article that criminal proceedings were being initiated for the attack against Swiss press reporter Guillaume Briquet by an alleged Russian commando, and that further investigation will be carried out.

The European Court of Human Rights has found Ukraine in violation of the prohibition against torture over its failure to properly investigate allegations that Mykola Slyvotskyy was tortured into ‘confessing’ to two murders

The trial of Mykhailo Chebotar whose arrest in Loshchynivka triggered appalling anti-Roma riots has ended in a life sentence despite Chebotar’s alibi, apparently faked evidence and other very serious concerns

The European Court of Human Rights has found that Ukraine violated the rights of Myhailo Chebotar, a young man who has been in detention for over six years despite serious concerns about the charges against him

Parliament’s failure to properly comply with ECHR judgements is especially frustrating given the number of life prisoners in Ukraine whose sentences arouse very grave concern

The victim’s daughter believes that the sentence against Yury Rossoshansky was just, but that others were also involved in her savage murder, including a high-ranking police official

The European Court of Human Rights has again found Ukraine to be in violation of the prohibition against torture by failing to provide any hope of release for life prisoners

The Kharkiv Court of Appeal has overturned the acquittal of a former Poltava deputy mayor who offered a bribe to Oktyabrsky District Court Judge Larysa Holnyk.

No other version was ever considered, although the prosecution has had to ignore Mykhailo Chebotar’s apparent alibi and evidence that favours the young Roma man’s innocence

Nariman Dzhelyal has explained very movingly why he had no choice but to return to occupied Crimea, even knowing the likely revenge for his involvement in the international Crimea Platform

The European Court of Human Rights is to examine several alleged violations, including torture and discrimination, in the case of a young man arrested in August 2016 over the murder of a 8-year-old girl in Loshchynivka (Odesa oblast)

Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has found the current system depriving life prisoners of any chance of release to be unconstitutional

Ukraine’s President has issued a decree envisaging the possibility of pardons for people convicted of corruption and drunken driving, while failing to address any of the critical failings of the present system for presidential pardons

Yaroslav Mysyak has spent over 20 years in prison after being framed as the responsible party for the murder of his grandparents and uncle, a crime he did not commit.

Five years after the international media showed shocking images of Ukrainian anti-Roma disturbances, the only person in prison is very likely innocent

The first closed hearing in Russia’s trial of Ukrainian Kostiantyn Shyrinh on ‘spying’ charges ended abruptly on 12 August, with an ambulance needing to be called