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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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Why Ukraine Needs an Independent Ombudsperson
24.01.2007
The author demonstrates that the appointment of a politically neutral human rights activist with high moral standards will lead to the de-politicization of the institute of the Verkhovna Rada Authorized Human Rights Representative increasing the level of trust in the government as a whole
Oleksa Tykhy: Citizen of Ukraine
23.01.2007
"The main thing is that in the school there is a memorial to Tykhy, a memory to the truth, memory to Ukraine, and that children see it every day. Those children are our future. Maybe their lives at least will be easier.”
Kharkiv Regional Appeal Court reviews alleged beating of two adolescents by the police in Bily Kolodyaz
23.01.2007
It is cheering that the Judges of the Appeal Court treated the case in a principled manner and reminded the prosecutors office of their duty to observe all Ukrainian legislation and launch criminal investigations over cases of police abuse of their power
Yevhen Sverstyuk: “We will need to view the Orange Revolution as a rehearsal”
21.01.2007
Yevhen Sverstyuk, President of the Ukrainian PEN club and laureate of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize, shares his thoughts about lessons of the past and the prospects for Ukraines development in 2007
Thirst for freedom
16.01.2007
We are able these days to quite legally defend our freedom from the encroachments of the State. We can even take a state authority to court and win. Yet the State to a large degree remains just as anti-people and indifferent as before
Basic Instinct: Diagnosis
15.01.2007
There is neither opposition nor coalition in Ukraine. All is illusion. We were all grossly conned. In Ukraine there is conflict awaiting resolution
Yevhen Zakharov: “The Ukrainian judicial system needs urgent reform”
15.01.2007
The Supreme Court of Ukraine is overloaded with appeals against the rulings of local courts and cannot review them in the legally established time periods
Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner 35 years on – what has changed?
10.01.2007
A press conference was held on 10 January to mark the 35th anniversary on 12 January of the wave pf arrests and the day which came to be commemorated as the Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner. It was held early because of the imminent election of a new Human Rights Ombudsperson – scheduled for 11 January but cancelled virtually at the last moment
Civic society calls for an independent Human Rights Ombudsperson
10.01.2007
On 9 January press conferences and roundtables were held throughout Ukraine as part of the civic campaign to ensure that the next Human Rights Ombudsperson is honest, independent and totally committed to defending human rights and civil liberties in Ukraine
Around 2 thousand people received KHPG assistance during the Campaign against Torture and Ill-treatment
09.01.2007
More than 100 people have received free legal defence from KHPG in courts, and several thousand have received free consultations
The Law and court practice
03.01.2007
The author uses cases he is aware of in Zachepylivka (Kharkiv region) to demonstrate why the courts are inundated with complaints from the public specifically over violations of their legitimate right to a fair trial
KHGP to investigate possible harassment of foreign students in Kharkiv
30.12.2006
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group has received complaints from foreign students in Kharkiv saying that in the last 6 months there has been a significant increase in aggression towards them. The students are unfortunately often frightened to approach the police
“Dobrochyn” Centre wins court case against the police
26.12.2006
Over two months the civic organization sent formal requests for information regarding the observance of human rights to subdivisions of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chernihiv region. They lodged administrative suits against the “most persistent non-respondents
SBU launches criminal investigation into crowd disturbance
24.12.2006
The Security Service has sent formal requests for explanations to state bodies and institutions, as well as individuals, involved in the events of 16 December in Kharkiv where guards at a building site were injuried after a crane was used to break down fencing
UPA Memorial allegedly dismantled to mark the Day of the Chekist and Stalins birthday
21.12.2006
The leadership of the Eurasian Youth Union, an organization notorious for its radical pro-Russian views and excesses, is claiming responsibility for dismantling the UPA [Ukrainian Resistance Army] Memorial in Kharkiv
Attack on Memorial to UPA Soldiers in Kharkiv
20.12.2006
The scandalous action in wrenching the Memorial Stone from its foundation has created furore in Kharkiv. Fortunately the stone has not suffered too badly and is presently being put back.
“The Mayor of Kharkiv and the Secretary of the City Council, abetted by the police, provoke mass disturbances and beatings”
20.12.2006
Press Release from the civic organization “City Watch”: regarding the seizure of a disputed site in Kharkiv already allocated for construction
Crimean Tatars complain to the Council of Europe that their problems are being ignored
14.12.2006
Refat Chubarov has asked the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg to initiate an investigation by the Council of the issue around the restoration of the rights of the formerly deported Crimean Tatars.
Speech given by Moisei Fishbein at the Requiem Evening ““My People live!” on 25 November
13.12.2006
Eternal Memory to the Murdered Victims of Holdomor 1932-1933
Can you step into the same river twice?
13.12.2006
For the second time in Kharkiv meetings to organize a referendum calling for a vote of no confidence in the Mayor have been disrupted, with the tactics all too unpleasantly reminiscent of times we hoped had been relegated to the past
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