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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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Without torture cases don’t get to the court
13.02.2012
"Investigators try to obtain confessions from suspects even where they have irrefutable evidence of the crime, proving guilt…. It’s the Soviet school. Only after getting a confession do they send the case to the court"
Ivan Romanov v. Ukraine’s police, prosecutor and court
10.02.2012
Inna Sukhorukova recounts another story of police impunity, involving a young man not only accused of a crime he didn’t commit, serious procedural irregularities and a court trial despite the defendant being recognized as mentally unfit to stand trial.
Letter to Interpol regarding the prosecution of Arsen Avakov
08.02.2012
KHPG and UHHRU have written to Interpol outlining the reasons for concern over the prosecution and request to detain the former Governor of the Kharkiv region, leader of the Kharkiv branch of the opposition Batkivshchyna Party
Yakiv Strogan trial clearly being dragged out
08.02.2012
Yakiv Strogan has now been held in custody for almost 14 months in a case creating a number of highly dangerous precedents, and with clear signs of being aimed at warning people against speaking out against police torture
Tax Code protesters’ trial begins
07.02.2012
A Kyiv court has begun examining the criminal prosecution brought against 7 activists of the protests against the draft Tax Code in autumn 2010. The prosecution is seen by human rights organizations as being politically motivated and aimed at deterring people from engaging in peaceful protest
Criminal investigation over alleged forged Chornobyl documents declared unlawful
06.02.2012
On 3 February 2012 the Kyivsky District Court in Kharkiv overturned the decision to initiate a criminal investigation over alleged forging of documents confirming the status of former Chornobyl clean-up workers
Analysis of the CCU Judgement regarding confidential information
04.02.2012
Political-Legal Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgement in response to a constitutional submission from the Zhashkiv District Council (Cherkasy region) asking for an official interpretation of Article 32 § 1, Article 34 § 2 of the Constitution.
Worrying trends
02.02.2012
Oleksy Svyetikov from the Luhansk Regional Branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine reports a worrying increase in interference as well as downright unlawful behaviour by Luhansk police officers with respect to civic activists
PACE Resolution: sanctions without repercussions?
01.02.2012
Hoping that Kyiv will heed the PACE’s key observations is wishful thinking. while there is a strong possibility that the political persecution will continue and the judicial system and law enforcement bodies will remain under the control of the president
Court ignores PACE, refuses to release Lutsenko
31.01.2012
The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv under presiding judge Serhiy Vovk on Monday refused to release former Internal Affairs Minister Yury Lutsenko from custody despite the 26 January Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Resolution
Communist Head of Ukraine’s Archives would remove access to half of them
30.01.2012
Head of Ukraine’s State Archive, Olha Ginzburg from the Communist Party has said that she would like to close half Ukraine’s archives. She was responding to a question about introducing European norms regarding archival openness
Constitutional Carte Blanche for Corruption and Censorship
27.01.2012
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has passed a real gem of a judgement – one of inestimable value to corrupt officials precisely because the value of their family’s wealth need now not be disclosed to the public
Human Rights in Ukraine – 2011: More and More Violations
24.01.2012
An overview of some of the tendencies which emerged in 2011 and seem most dangerous for human rights, including rising poverty, political persecution and disregard for judicial independence
Protest over sacking of “Segodnya” Chief Editor Ihor Huzhva
18.01.2012
Colleagues consider his dismissal to be an “act of reprisal against the Chief Editor of the newspaper because of his principled stand upholding the interests of the team and over fighting corruption and censorship in the newspaper
2011 Black Calendar of Deaths in Police Custody
17.01.2012
The Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement has compiled a harrowing report on death in police custody during 2011. Of the 35 deaths, 7 people hanged themselves, and 5 jumped from windows
New draft law may place post-War archives at threat
16.01.2012
The bill proposes introducing a norm which would ban removal from the archives of confidential documents or material containing secret information for political or ideological reasons, as well as any documents created before 1946
Trial of police officers over death of Yevhen Zvenigorodsky continues
12.01.2012
Forensic tests found that Mr Zvenigorodsky had died from a stomach injury, and that he had been beaten no later than 5 hours before his death, this meaning while in police custody
Ex-ua on why it blocked spoof on Yanukovych
12.01.2012
The file exchange resource Ex.ua blocked a clip from TV Channel TVi showing a parody of Viktor Yanukovych’s New Year greetings because it did not want, it says, to fuel political discord.
Betrayal
09.01.2012
We are left with shame before Ihor Indylo and his parents.Shame and fear, since each case of impunity for police who kill and torture can result in new outrages.
Zero Tolerance for Political Persecution in Ukraine
01.01.2012
Please add your voice and help to circulate this protest against political persecution and violation of the right to justice in Ukraine (email address given for signatures)
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