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The Suppression of an Independent Judiciary in Ukraine
31.12.2011
For over a year, news about the judiciary in Ukraine has been alarming. Last year, a new law on the judiciary substantially reduced the powers of the Supreme Court, and high-profile prosecutions of opposition leaders have raised the specter of political persecution
Dmytro Karpenko and another lawyer detained in Kirovohrad
30.12.2011
Dmytro Karpenko whose case has led to an Amnesty International Urgent Action was detained on Thursday just before the court hearing due to consider his appeal against a criminal investigation over allegedly “resisting police officers” in August
Supreme Court brought to heel
29.12.2011
The disturbing saga around efforts to ensure either the early removal or the non-re-lection of former Head of the Supreme Court is almost over with a new and of necessaity temporary judge , Petro Pylypchuk to head the Court for the next year.
War against Corruption lost from the outset
29.12.2011
Oleh Yeltso examines the new State anti-corruption programme which allocates less than 100 million EUR for all effots against corruption over 4 years, and allocates almost all the money to one ministry for an at very least non-transparent purpose
Freedom of speech reduced in 2011, though some glimmers of hope emerged
27.12.2011
Stop Censorship and a number of Ukrainian media associations have issued a joint statement regarding freedom of speech in 2011. They report an increase in censorship and the number of cases where journalists have been obstructed in their work
Pressure and Offensive on Social Protests
23.12.2011
"One has the impression that after the termination of mass-scale and long-lasting protests, the regime has decided to crush those disgruntled, show their sphere of influence and “put them in their place”. So that others don’t think to follow their example, and come out onto the streets to uphold their rights"
Open Appeal to the Kazakhstan Authorities
22.12.2011
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and Kharkiv Human Rights Group have issued the following open letter to the authorities in Kazakhstan regarding the events in Zhanaozen.
Chornobyl’s Ongoing Victims
20.12.2011
The recent efforts by the government to win over some members of the former Chernobyl clean-up workers’ movement and to marginalize others have coincided with worrying use of the police in Kharkiv against certain “dissident voices” within the movement
Chornobyl activists questioned all day, summoned for Saturday
17.12.2011
The leader of the Kharkiv former Chornobyl clean-up workers, Vladimir Proskurin believes the police actions were aimed at stopping him attending the Chornobyl Union of Ukraine conference and opposing the leadership of a person seen by many as selling out the protest movement
Russian journalists condemn ’gag’ after Putin story
15.12.2011
Journalists at a Russian newspaper have signed an open letter of protest after its owner fired two top executives over a photo insulting Vladimir Putin.
Russian Public Figures announce formation of Roundtable
13.12.2011
A group of prominent Russian human rights activists, writers, politicians and others are seeking dialogue on ways for a peaceful change of regime. They demand immediate release of all political prisoners and that the parliamentary elections be declared void
Alexei Navalny: Final Battle between Good and Neutrality
11.12.2011
Russian blogger and anti-corruption campaigner, Alexei Navalny, imprisoned for 15 days after the elections on 4 December made the following address from his blog to the tens of thousands of demonstrators defending their right to fair elections throughout Russia
Belarus: Two young men accused of Minsk bombing sentenced to death
30.11.2011
There have been grave doubts about who was behind the Minsk attack from the outset. There are no less now, and the sentence must be stopped
Demonstrations and heavy-handed police methods continue in Kyiv
30.11.2011
Throughout Tuesday former Chornobyl clean-up workers and Afghanistan War veterans picketed the Cabinet of Ministers protesting over cuts to pensions and social benefits. There were a number of incidents with the Berkut riot police
Kremlin accused of crackdown on Russians’ access to western media
30.11.2011
A RIA-Novosti translator has resigned from his job, saying news agency ordered stop on any articles critical of Vladimir Putin or his party
One dead in police dispersal of peaceful protest by Chornobyl Clean-up Workers
28.11.2011
On Sunday evening police together with unidentified individuals in plain clothes began forcibly dismantling the tent camp erected by Chornobyl Clean-up Worker outside the regional department of the Pension Fund in Donetsk
Police draw up protocols against Chernobyl Clearup veterans’ peaceful protesters
27.11.2011
The following information was translated only hours before the police, counter to assurances, stormed a peaceful protest as a result of which one man died and at least two others were hospitalized
Back to Kuchmenistan
25.11.2011
Once again, the Ukrainian democrats have “shot themselves in the foot,” helping the Regionnaires to dismantle the last achievement of the Orange revolution: the election system that precluded, more or less successfully, large-scale falsifications and vote buying
No money to pay teachers’ salaries – because of Euro 2012?
25.11.2011
There are reports from various regions that schools and universities are forcing educational staff to take unpaid leave. The teachers largely avoid giving their names through fear of being dismissed
Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 4.5 years
24.11.2011
A court in Minsk on Thursday, 24 November sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Head of the Viasna Human Rights Centre and Vice-Director of the International Federation for Human Rights to four and a half years imprisonment for supposed tax evasion
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