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The Tribunal for Putin (T4P) global initiative was set up in response to the all-out war launched by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022.
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Ukraine’s “psycho-neurological institutions” – out of sight, out of mind …
09.07.2012
Andriy Chernousov has written a shocking analysis of the situation with Ukraine’s so-called “psycho-neurological institutions” for people with serious psychological disorders usually making them unable to cope by themselves. There are 151 such institutions in Ukraine with their residents forgotten and helpless
In Russia books about Bandera and Holodomor classed as extremist
28.06.2012
In the Russian Federation you can get a prison term for possession or circulation of books about the Ukrainian liberation movement, nationalism or Holodomor 1932-1933. This can be seen from a list of the publications on the RF Justice Ministry’s site.
Despite certain positive changes the problem remains very serious
28.06.2012
26 June is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Protests to mark this day took place in many Ukrainian cities. This is a report of the press conference which took place in Kharkiv.
One step closer to law reinstating the rights of deported peoples
25.06.2012
The Verkhovna Rada with a large majority has passed in its first reading Draft Law No. 5515 on Reinstating the Rights of People Deported on Ethnic Grounds tabled by Mustafa Dzhemiliev
Assessment of the Draft Bill on Principles of State Language Policy
19.06.2012
Yulia Tyshchenko from the Ukrainian Independent Political Research Centre scrutinizes the highly contentious draft Law on the Principles of State Language Policy (No. 9073) and how it correlates with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Fighting terrorism or pluralism?
15.06.2012
There are disturbing echoes in a recent National Defence and Security Council Decision of the so-called fight against extremism in neighbouring Russia where the terms “terrorism” and “extremism” are used in a dangerously imprecise and loose manner.
Latest hearing in Lutsenko trial
14.06.2012
The only witness questioned on Wednesday saw nothing lawful in the renewal of surveillance. The “victim” of the surveillance was again not present and despite protest from the defence, the judge is planning to read out his testimony
Legislative slight of hand
13.06.2012
The environmental draft law slammed by environmental NGOs as destroying any mechanisms in Ukraine for environmental protection has been slipped through at first “reading” in the wake of conflict over the highly contentious bill on language
Russians protest against Putin despite pressure
13.06.2012
Tens of thousands of Russians marched through Moscow amid a stream of banners demanding President Vladimir Putin step down and challenging new laws designed to curb protest against his strongly centralized rule.
Can the new version of the law on peaceful assembly make a difference?
12.06.2012
Roman Kuybida, one of the members of the working group on the Law on Peaceful Assembly believes that progress has finally been made and that the law if passed could improve the situation with freedom of assembly
Too high a price for football
11.06.2012
Ukraine has no facility for lifesaving bone marrow transplants for children. Nor will it in the foreseeable future for a brutally simple reason: the government has channelled money into the Euro 2010 football championship
IMI Enemies of the Press headed by Mohylyov and the Broadcasting Council
07.06.2012
The Institute for Mass Information and Independent Media Trade Union have also published their Enemies of the Press in Ukraine list. First (and worst) was the former Interior Minister, Anatoly Mohylyov, while the worst offender among State organizations was the National TV and Radio Broadcasting Council
UHHRU calls on MPs to rework draft law on peaceful assembly
06.06.2012
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union has called on the relevant parliamentary committee to rework Draft Law No. 2450 to ensure that the right to peaceful assembly is fully observed as demanded by Ukraine’s Constitution and the European Convention
Fake letters from “concerned citizens” as grounds for tax and other checks
04.06.2012
It would appear that the law enforcement agencies have at least in the case of Ihor Koliushko manufactured a letter giving them an excuse for carrying out checks on business enterprises
7 features of Ukraine’s judicial degradation since the 2010 judicial reforms
25.05.2012
All fears expressed back in July 2010 with regard to the so-called judicial reform have proven justified, while some of the few improvements made then are now being cancelled
Arrest Warrant on Civic Activist and Likely Parliamentary Candidate
24.05.2012
Rimma Bilotserkivska who has an arrest warrant from 22 May hanging over her is not the criminal type. Nor is she in hiding which was effectively the “justification” for the latest court absurdity in a seemingly endless flow. The story is Kafkaesque, the order for her arrest all too real.
In Support of the Rights of the Crimean Tatar People
22.05.2012
Statement by some of the former dissidents who were in the Crimea at a special gathering timed to coincide with the 68th anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People in response to the defamatory allegation made by the leader of the Communist Party, Petro Symonenko
Crimean Tatar Remembrance Day ignored by the authorities
19.05.2012
Remembrance ceremonies took place in the Crimea on 18 May marking the 68th anniversary of the Deportation of Crimean Tatars from their ancestral homeland in 1944. For the first time in many years, the top people in government totally ignored the anniversary
Legislative Plundering
18.05.2012
A dangerous bill proposing to redistribute powers with respect to environmental protection could give corruption and plundering in Ukraine a whole new dimension
U.S. Views on the Reform of the Prosecutor’s Office in Ukraine
18.05.2012
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft at the Reform of the Prosecutor’s Office Roundtable Event
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