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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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Entitled to wheelchair access
17.05.2012
Disabled access – or the lack of it – remains a major problem in Ukraine where public buildings often don’t even have ramps. Dmytro Zharyi has experienced this himself and he’s not prepared to tolerate it
Do not provide a Front for Pretend Democracy!
16.05.2012
Prominent Russian human rights defenders –Sergei Kovalev and Oleg Orlov - have called on members of the Human Rights Council under the Russian President to step down and not give the air of legitimacy to an illegitimate regime
Chronicle of freedom of speech, or its absence
15.05.2012
Roman Kabachiy from the Institute for Mass Information (IMI) writes that the traditional circle of enemies of the Ukrainian press has widened. It now includes media owners, the top management and the increasing role of journalists’ own “internal censor”.
Legal Aid Lawyer Serhiy Medvedev
15.05.2012
An interview with Kharkiv lawyer Serhiy Medvedev, whose name has often appeared here in connection with his defence of Yakiv Strogan in which Mr Medvedev talks about that case, the reasons why there are so few acquittals in Ukraine, and the rule of law he wants his grandchildren to know
Brief lesson in the law for the Prosecutor General
12.05.2012
Oleksandr Bukalov from Donetsk Memorial, an organization particularly active in upholding prisoners’ rights has responded to the Prosecutor General’s recent public statement about the bruises on imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
Do the Police learn from their mistakes?
11.05.2012
On 10 May the results were presented of the nationwide monitoring campaign “Police under Scrutiny» which began this year on 31 March in 12 oblasts after a pilot run in November last year
Medical reform harmful to both doctors and patients
26.04.2012
Yevhen Zakharov writes that the government began the first stage of medical reforms with a pilot scheme in the Vinnytsa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk regions and in Kyiv and joins colleagues in slamming the inept and potentially disastrous changes
Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike after alleged beating
25.04.2012
Former Prime Minister and opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko asserts that she was kicked in the stomach when being taken to a Ukrainian hospital by force last week
Candidate for Ombudsperson holds consultations with human rights organizations
25.04.2012
Suggestions from Ukrainian civic organizations to the new Human Rights Ombudsperson on the development of cooperation with civic organizations and improving the work of the institution
Ivashchenko moved without explanation to prison cell
24.04.2012
The three most prominent former government officials sentenced to widely criticised prison terms have now all been returned to prison. Their medical treatment coincided with the European Court of Human Rights’ Public Hearing in the case of Lutsenko v. Ukraine on 17 April.
Platini’s Shame: Calls from Germany for Tymoshenko’s release before Euro 2012
23.04.2012
Germany’s Human Rights Ombudsperson Markus Lönung has railed the Head of UEFA for taking no action over the Tymoshenko case as the former Prime Minister and opposition leader is returned to prison
Ukrainian President’s millions in book fees raise eyebrows
20.04.2012
An income declaration published on his presidential website claims that in 2011 Yanukovych earned more than 16.4 million hryvnyas ($2 million) in copyright fees for numerous books, including "A Year in Opposition," "A Year in Office," and "How Ukraine Should Live Further," as well as any books he may pen in the future.
Ukrainians fork out huge amounts on “free medical care”
20.04.2012
There are not enough doctors and State reforms of the medical sector are worsening, not improving the situation. These and other points are discussed in the just released report Human Rights in the Medical Sphere.
Establishing the Rule of Law in Ukraine: Building a Modern Society
20.04.2012
"The events of the past few months here in Ukraine have shown just how important a fair, independent, and accountable judicial system is to the further development of Ukraine’s democracy. The lack of professional independent courts, or even the perception that courts are not free, undermines faith in the justice system"
On the situation in Belarus
19.04.2012
A statement endorsed by a number of NGOs and individuals which welcomes the recent release of two Belarusian political prisoners but stresses that all must be released, and a moratorium on the death sentence introduced
New campaign highlights Azerbaijan rights abuses ahead of Eurovision
18.04.2012
Sing for Democracy, a group based in Baku, is asking people to sign a petition calling on contestants to support human rights in Azerbaijan.
"Yanukovych’s administration systematically seeking to eliminate opposition"
31.03.2012
Ukraine’s political rights rating in Freedom House’s 2011 Report declined from 3 to 4 due to the authorities’ efforts to crush the opposition, including the politicized use of the courts, a crackdown on media, and the use of force to break up demonstrations.
Tax Code protester asks for political asylum in European country
29.03.2012
Serhiy Kostakov, who spent seven and a half months in custody from December 2010 charged with blocking the road and damaging a car during the mass peaceful protest against the new Tax Code in November 2010, is presently in a European country where he has asked for asylum
Excuses for instructions to provide PR for President’s “social initiatives”
20.03.2012
In the face of clear evidence that the media is being instructed to hype up election-linked “social initiatives” and generally give positive coverage to the President and Prime Minister, the State Broadcasting Committee is actually trying to justify this
Diminishing public access to court rulings, increasing pressure on the courts
19.03.2012
New worrying restrictions on which court rulings the public will get to see and ever more cases of pressure on judges, especially those “daring” to acquit defendants
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