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More reports of traffic police used to stop protesters
30.11.2010
According to the head of one group of protesters, Mykola Zaharchuk, traffic police have again been used this time near Kirovohrad to stop coaches with Tax Code protesters heading for Kyiv
Tax Code Protesters’ Maidan: Challenge to the Government or a Lesson for all of us?
29.11.2010
The Ukrainian Catholic University stress that if the authorities can heed the view of the people and have the courage for the sake of public accord to back down over mistaken decisions, they will not be demonstrating weakness, but on the contrary, great spiritual strength.
UEFA take heed! Workmen may be fired for demanding to be paid
29.11.2010
Around 100 workers who are working on building the Euro 2012 Stadium in Lviv haven’t been paid for three months yet have faced threats of dismissal for going on strike
Depressed sectors being forced to support Tax Code
29.11.2010
The National Forum of Ukrainian Trade Unions asserts that the government is organizing public statements in support of the highly contentious Tax Code which has brought thousands out on to the street in Kyiv and other cities in protest
Court again bans mass events in the centre of Kyiv
29.11.2010
The District Administrative Court in Kyiv has now banned mass events in the centre from 27 November to 3 December
Tax protesters not satisfied with government promises of concessions
26.11.2010
Besides the President’s veto of the Tax Code, the protesters are demanding the dissolution of parliament, dismissal of the Prime Minister and several government figures, in particular, the Minister of Internal Affairs
MIA puts pressure on drivers for criminal proceedings against tax code protesters
26.11.2010
Drivers report that traffic police officers have been stopping cars and asking the drivers to sign statements that they witnessed the blocking of the street by small business owners during the 22 November protest
Traffic Police again used against demonstrators
25.11.2010
The number of transport firms with non-roadworthy vehicles trying to leave Cherkasy, Lviv and many other cities to reach the demonstration in Kyiv would be frightening were it not so entirely improbable.
Criminal investigation initiated against peaceful Tax Code protesters
25.11.2010
The Shevchenkivsk District Police Department in Kyiv has initiated a criminal investigation over the blocking of the road part of two central streets by demonstrators protesting on 22 November against the Tax Code
Demonstration against Tax Code continues despite ban
24.11.2010
An indefinite demonstration by business people is continuing on Kyiv’s Independence Square. The protesters’ demands remain unchanged: re-election of the Verkhovna Rada, the dismissal of the Cabinet of Ministers and the President’s veto on the Tax Code passed last week
Court bans peaceful demonstration while Ukraine speaks of democratic commitment in Brussels
23.11.2010
On 22 November the District Administrative Court in Kyiv allowed the Kyiv City Administration’s application and effectively banned the protests against the new Tax Code in the centre of Kyiv from 22 to 26 November
Scuffles between police and protesters on Independence Square
22.11.2010
Demonstrators, protesting against the Tax Code, blocked traffic along the main street in Kyiv, Khreshchatyk. Police tried in vain to stop them, and there were some scuffles
Tax Code passed despite mass protests
19.11.2010
Analysts criticize the haste with which measures have been taken without consideration of the likely consequences, including a considerable increase in unemployment.
UHHRU demands that parliamentarians reinstate Ukrainians right to a pension
18.11.2010
Due to lack of action by National Deputies, Ukrainians who have gone abroad are having their right to a pension infringed
Police detain one of the organizers of the rally against the Tax Code
16.11.2010
Police officers have detained one of the organizers of the mass protest outside the Verkhovna Rada. Serhiy Melnychenko says he is charged with infringing the rules for holding mass protest actions
Thousands protest in Ukraine over the proposed Tax Code
16.11.2010
Several thousand Ukrainian market traders and other small business owners have surrounded parliament in a demonstration against a proposed tax code they say will damage their livelihood.
Translators appalled by draft Tax Code
12.11.2010
Almost 80 freelance translators have signed a letter to Ukraine’s government. They fear that the new Tax Code will destroy their profession. Freelance journalists share their concerns
Ukraine must stop harassment of trade union activist
07.11.2010
Amnesty International has urged the Ukraine authorities to stop the harassment of a trade union activist who remains in hiding after a court ordered him to undergo a forced psychiatric examination last week
Proposed Tax Code kills Freedom
06.11.2010
The proposed changes flagrantly violate the right of millions to work. People engaged in enterprise will lose freedom of choice of type of work and conditions and will effectively not be able to freely choose their way of life
Transparency International scathing over government commissioned “audit of Tymoshenko’s government
15.10.2010
According to Nicholaus Marshall from Transparency International, the “Washington audit” only discredits the fight against corruption in Ukraine, has serious flaws and in his view was not independent.
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