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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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Journalists affirm “Were not for sale!”
06.11.2007
We hereby pledge not to take part in creating or broadcasting material which has been commissioned or which infringes professional standards
Project aimed at preventing police torture
06.11.2007
People who have been subjected to physical or psychological coercion by law enforcement officers will now be able to receive legal aid within a joint programme being run by the European Commission and civic organizations.
Television journalists not for sale!
05.11.2007
Television journalists are about to begin a campaign against “jeansa” or journalistic material to order. The campaign “Were not for sale!” will unite leading presenters, editors and correspondents of national television channels in the struggle against this depressing parody of free speech
On human rights issues and dilemmas
02.11.2007
In an interview given to UNIAN the Head of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union Yevhen Zakharov speaks of the dividing line between politicians and human rights defenders, the work of the Ombudsperson and the relation between material wellbeing and freedom of speech.
Shame is also a force
01.11.2007
"We were very different. Political idealism – that is simple: when engaged in politics, behave as befits a decent person. Thats all."
We need to change the rules of play
31.10.2007
Thoughts on the fundamental principles needed to ensure a good and workable Constitution, why we cannot do without such changes and on mechanisms for providing a Basic Law which meets the needs of all of Ukrainian society
Is the law violating childrens rights?
31.10.2007
Orphans risk remaining permanently without care as the result of a new Resolution from the Cabinet of Ministers.
Children of victims of repression
30.10.2007
“I want people to know that there was such a category as children of the repressed. Everybody knows about repression with regard to poets, artists and prominent people. We need to remind them about the ordinary teachers, simple people and about their children who lost everything, for human memory is short
30 October 2007 – remembering Soviet and todays political prisoners
30.10.2007
While any person remains imprisoned in the countries of the former Soviet Union, this day should be not merely a day of remembrance, but one of active protest
Number of acquittals in Ukrainian courts is pitifully low
30.10.2007
Each year from 700-800 people die in penal institutions. No more than 40 of these people commit suicide. These are just a few of the disturbing facts made public in a report prepared by “Donetsk Memorial”
Strasbourg again finds against Ukraine over detention conditions
26.10.2007
The Ukrainian authorities were found guilty of ill-treatment of Oleg Yakovenko though the overcrowded conditions he was held in over a considerable period, the failure to provide proper medical care, and the way he was treated when being transported between two detention centres
Spreading the word
25.10.2007
The Chief Editor and two journalists of the municipal newspaper “Ratusz” have begun a hunger strike in the Mayors office. A recent move over the same conflict was to branch out into other languages so as to draw attention to the newspapers plight
President called on to help lift the seal on KGB archives
24.10.2007
The Institute of National Remembrance wants the Russians “to declassify the KGB archives from the time of the Second World War, in particular as regards the activities of the OUN – UPA, as well as the pseudo-Bandera-supporting groups of the NKVD”
Former prosecutor goes on trial in Prague over her part in a notorious show trial
16.10.2007
In 1950 Ms Brozova-Polednova was the only one of the prosecutors in the trial who called for the death penalty for Milada Horakova and three co-defendants, on trumped up charges
Memory is the Fate of Proud and Free People!
16.10.2007
This world is held in place by people with conscience and a sense of justice, with gratitude and by those who remember. Today in the Crimea as well as beyond there are hundreds and hundreds of Petro Grigorenkos friends
She remains with us
14.10.2007
This address written for Amnesty International in Italy to mark the first anniversary of Anna Politkovskayas death, like Annas own voice, cries out to be heard
Legal assistance for NGOs
12.10.2007
A project has been launched to provide legal advice on State registration and relations between civic organizations, religious organizations, trade unions, charities and regulatory bodies
Constitutional players in what is no game
11.10.2007
The Constitution being one of those immortal documents Ukrainian politicians like to change, but are loath to adhere to (or read), the proposed constitutional council for drawing up a new version has aroused strong interest but understandable concerns among civic society
The Legacy of 1937
10.10.2007
The words nineteen thirty seven for many, especially older people, are indelibly linked with the Terror. In the following interview Yevhen Zakharov speaks of its legacy, as well as some problems in Ukraine at the present time
The Legacy of 1937
10.10.2007
The words nineteen thirty seven for many, especially older people, are indelibly linked with the Terror. In the following interview Yevhen Zakharov speaks of its legacy, as well as some problems in Ukraine at the present time
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