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Imprisoned Tax Code protester declares hunger strike
02.03.2011
Ihor Garkavenko , one of the people charged over the Tax Code Protest in Kyiv has gone on hunger strike in the SIZO [pre-trial detention centre] where he has been held since late December
Parliament refuses to abolish special pensions
02.03.2011
None of the parties in the ruling majority supported a bill which would have removed special privileges for, among others, former National Deputies
Lawyer: the criminal proceedings against Tax Code protesters are political persecution
01.03.2011
Oleh Levytsky, the lawyer defending Ihor Garkavenko calls the criminal case against his client political persecution. He believes the brazen disregard for procedural and legal norms suggests the case has been ordered from above to discredit the peaceful protest against the Tax Code
EU freezes aid to Ukraine over public procurement
24.02.2011
Through amendments passed on 11 January, the Verkhovna Rada included energy goods, as well as water supply and drainage services among goods and services which do not require tender procedure
Parliamentary Legal Department points out flaws in the new anti-corruption law
24.02.2011
Yet nobody seems in any doubt that it will be passed, despite its obvious failure to meet GRECO standards, or even those reflected in the laws revoked in December
Don’t pay court compensation at our expense!
23.02.2011
War veterans, people with disabilities and those who suffered from the Chernobyl Disaster have asked the government to recall a draft bill which guarantees payment of compensation awarded by courts against the State and proposes using money allocated in the Budget for ensuring social benefits to pay this compensation
New head of Anti-Corruption Committee sees no need for more laws
18.02.2011
Valery Bevz, National Deputy from the Communist Party says that the Verkhovna Rada Committee’s focus will now be on strengthening parliamentary control over implementation of laws already adopted since, in his opinion, there are enough of them for fighting such criminal behaviour
Draft bill on Bureau on Anti-Corruption Investigations sent back for reworking
17.02.2011
Continuing lack of progress on creating such a Bureau, envisaged in the anti-corruption legislation revoked in December and vital for Ukraine’s chances of an easing in visa requirements, as well as to comply with GRECO recommendations
Anti-corruption draft law needs refining
16.02.2011
Representative of Transparency International in Ukraine, Oleksiy Khmara believes that the single-handed control by the President over the entire anti-corruption system proposed could enable the President to exert decisive influence on those in power from local to the highest leve
Draft Labour Code: small business and employees’ rights
02.02.2011
The draft Labour Code proposes a number of new elements in regulating the work of employees in a small business with these being much less favourable than those for other employees.
Small business owners renew their protest
02.02.2011
According to the head of the Assembly of Civic Organizations of Small and Medium Business, his organization is from Tuesday beginning an indefinite protest demanding review of the Tax Code and an end to persecution of Tax Code protesters
Anti-Corruption Default
31.01.2011
Ukraine faces seriously negative consequences from GRECO following the scrapping of all anti-corruption legislation, the Government Ombudsperson and Bureau on Anti-Corruption Policy, with no indication of when any alternative measures will be passed
AI Urgent Action: Trade union activist still facing examination
28.01.2011
Andrei Bondarenko has no record of mental illness and has undergone three voluntary psychiatric examinations to assess his mental health, the most recent of which was in October 2010
The Tax Code as a means of destroying the press
28.01.2011
Oleksy Pohoryelov, General Director of the Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers has published a highly critical assessment of the ramifications of the new Tax Code for the press
What the draft Labour Code holds for working women
26.01.2011
The author outlines a number of provisions in the draft Labour Code which worsen the position of working women
Work in Ukraine’s Shadow Economy
20.01.2011
Between one and a half and two million Ukrainians work without the necessary legal documents and, therefore, protection, while around 300 thousand work in conditions which do not comply with health and safety requirements
Some thoughts regarding criminal cases against Tax Code Protesters
18.01.2011
The author considers that the criminal cases are immoral
Assembly of Small and Medium Level Business Civic Organizations speak out against repression
18.01.2011
The Assembly of Small and Medium Level Business Civic Organizations of Ukraine has issued an appeal regarding repressive measures taken against those who took part in the mass protest on Kyivs Maidan Nezalezhnosti against the new Tax Code
Criminal investigation against yet another Tax Code protester
14.01.2011
On 13 January one of the protesters against the new Tax Code, Roman Fedchuk, was summoned to the police where he was officially informed that a criminal case has been initiated.
OECD urges Ukraine to put anti-corruption declarations into actions
14.01.2011
Ukraine has made little progress in tackling corruption over the past four years, despite regular pledges from the country’s leaders to take action, according to a new OECD report
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