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Gongadze Lawyer: Where are the “State secrets” in the Pukach trial?
16.08.2011
Valentina Telychenko, the lawyer representing Myroslava Gongadze, has asked for an expert option to be obtained indicating the presence of State secrets in the indictment against former Police Colonel, Oleksy Pukach.
V. Yavorsky: Repression must be countered now before it’s too late
13.08.2011
Yulia Abubok from the Internet publication OstroV speaks with the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Volodymyr Yavorsky on the recently created Public Committee against Political Persecution, the reasons why it is needed and other worrying trends in Ukraine
Protesters find way around ban on peaceful protest in Kharkiv
10.08.2011
Several hundred people defied a court ban on peaceful assembly on Tuesday evening in Kharkiv and took part in a protest prompted by the arrest on Friday and continued detention of former Prime Minister, presidential candidate and leader of the opposition Batkivshchyna Party
Kharkiv court also bans peaceful protest against detention of Yulia Tymoshenko
10.08.2011
On 9 August the Kharkiv District Administrative Court issued a ban on protests on Freedom Square in the city by the branches of the Batkivshchyna and People’s Self-Defence Parties and two other organizations
Public Committee against Political Persecution: Persecution of members of the former government for governmental decisions. Document 3
09.08.2011
We have already been through a situation where one half of the country was imprisoned and the other guarded them, and it ended in the total collapse of that country. Can the leadership of Ukraine not understand that political persecution leads to the country’s total isolation and collapse?.
What to expect from the new law on refugees
05.08.2011
The Law on Refugees and People who need additional or temporary protection came into force on 4 August 2011. Nadiya Ediyeva from the Chernihiv Public Committee for Human Rights, assesses its new features.
Public Committee against Political Persecution in Ukraine: Defining Political Persecution. Document 2
04.08.2011
A person is considered a political prisoner where political motives have played a significant and clearly defined role in the criminal or administrative proceedings against them – and only such prisoners
Public Committee against Political Persecution in Ukraine. Document 1
04.08.2011
Political persecution is a challenge to Ukrainian society. The Committee is formed to inform Ukraine and the world of what is going on, to defend victims and, ultimately, ensure that an end is put to practice which has no place in Ukraine
Anger over shelving of important environmental plan
02.08.2011
Zeleny Svit [Green World] has issued an open letter to Yanukovych expressing concern at plans to shelve the Nationwide Programme for the Creation of a National Ecological Network in Ukraine for 2000-2015
Andriy Didenko: Reform of Ukraine’s Penal Institutions hasn’t yet begun
01.08.2011
Kharkiv Human Rights Group Anti-Torture Programme Coordinator Andriy Didenko spoke to Roman Skrypin on Radio Svoboda about his own experiences and the situation with penal institutions in Ukraine
U.S. Imposes Visa Bans on Russian Officials connected To Magnitsky Death
28.07.2011
The United States has imposed visa bans on Russian officials connected to the 2009 prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose case that has come to symbolize corruption and the state of human rights in Russia
Crimean Tatar paper “Kiyrym” resumes publication, for now without State funding
27.07.2011
One of the two newspapers in the Crimean Tatar language – “Kiyrym” will be published until September on credit and thanks to support from readers and sponsors. The first issue came out on 16 July after a break of almost two months due to the total cut in state funding
Inconsistent reform on benefits and pressure on the court
27.07.2011
According to the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, the government is not only trying to restrict social payments as much as they can, but is directly pressuring the courts.
Case over alleged damage by alleged Tax Code protesters returned to court
26.07.2011
The Court of Appeal in July returned the criminal case over alleged damage to the granite stone on Maidan Nezalezhnosti [Independence Square] in the centre of Kyiv during the demonstrations against the draft Tax Code late last year to the Shevchenkivsky District Court in Kyiv
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy courses cut in revenge for stand against corruption?
18.07.2011
President of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Serhiy Kvit talks about the extraordinary decision by the Ministry of Education to cut State-funded places for two unique courses, the likely motives, the increasingly important role played by students and more
Rights Groups say Russian Secret Services hiding Natalya Estemirova’s Killer
15.07.2011
On the second anniversary of Natalya Estemirova’s murder -- on July 15, 2009 -- journalists and rights activists inside and outside of Russia say little progress has been made in resolving her murder and are calling for a thorough and impartial investigation into her death.
Arkady Bushchenko to represent Yulia Tymoshenko in the European Court
15.07.2011
Arkady Bushchenko, Kharkiv Human Rights Group Legal specialist and Head of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union will be representing former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the European Court of Human Rights
UHHRU asks Human Rights Ombudsperson to intercede for pensioners and others
15.07.2011
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union expresses concern over a new law transferring the authority to determine the size and procedure for receiving social benefits to the Cabinet of Ministers and asks Nina Karpachova to make a submission to the Constitutional Court
Study finds Tymoshenko case viewed as political repression and personal revenge
14.07.2011
According to a study carried out by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, an absolute majority of those asked see the prosecution of former Prime Minister and leader of BYUT, Yulia Tymoshenko as a demonstration of political repression and selective justice
Journalists should turn to the Prosecutor over snooping questions from Regions Party
14.07.2011
Director of the Media Law Institute, Taras Shevchenko’s response to the report in Ukrainska Pravda that members of the Party of the Regions are gathering confidential information about journalists is unequivocal. Such behaviour is in clear breach of the law
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