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Ukrainian mother sentenced to five years for helping her family survive and escape Russian occupation

The unwarranted charges and sentence for supposed collaboration send a chilling message to all those Ukrainians waiting for liberation after long years of Russian occupation

A janitor, a cook, an informer — who is being tried for collaborating with the enemy?

And also — priests, school and hospital directors, as well as ‘judges’, ‘prosecutors’, and fighters from illegal armed groups. We have analyzed the judicial practice for you.

Open Letter on Improving the Anti-Corruption Infrastructure in Ukraine

We strive to build a state governed by the rule of law, where corruption has no place. But we have to admit that anti-corruption agencies do not adhere to the rule of law, have inherited Soviet approaches, and imitate the fight against corruption.

Behind bars for a “like”: the dissenting opinion of Judge Arkadii Bushchenko

The court upheld the conviction of a 70-year-old pensioner to 1 year in prison for “liking” a post about a Russian general. Arkadii Bushchenko explains why such punishments have nothing to do with a democratic society.

Volodymyr Panasenko, victim of Ukraine’s most egregious miscarriage of justice, freed after over 16 years

A Ukrainian court has finally released Volodymyr Panasenko after well over 16 years in prison for a crime that nobody ever believed he had committed

Once again, the axe was confused with the scalpel...

Comments on the new draft laws which disqualify the members of Ukrainian pro-Russian parties from being elected to legislative bodies at all levels.

Switzerland: Federal Prosecutor’s Office opens Investigation into attack of Swiss Journalist in Ukraine

On March 26, 2023, the spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), confirmed in a press article that criminal proceedings were being initiated for the attack against Swiss press reporter Guillaume Briquet by an alleged Russian commando, and that further investigation will be carried out.

ECHR finds Ukraine in violation over life prisoner tortured into confessing to somebody else’s crime

The European Court of Human Rights has found Ukraine in violation of the prohibition against torture over its failure to properly investigate allegations that Mykola Slyvotskyy was tortured into ‘confessing’ to two murders

Court in Ukraine passes life sentence on a young Roma with an alibi whose arrest triggered Loshchynivka anti-Roma riots

The trial of Mykhailo Chebotar whose arrest in Loshchynivka triggered appalling anti-Roma riots has ended in a life sentence despite Chebotar’s alibi, apparently faked evidence and other very serious concerns

ECHR slams Ukraine over detention which triggered anti-Roma riots in Odesa oblast

The European Court of Human Rights has found that Ukraine violated the rights of Myhailo Chebotar, a young man who has been in detention for over six years despite serious concerns about the charges against him

Zelensky urged to veto law that puts Ukraine on track for more damning European Court judgments

Parliament’s failure to properly comply with ECHR judgements is especially frustrating given the number of life prisoners in Ukraine whose sentences arouse very grave concern

Sentence passed over savage killing of Ukrainian human rights lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska

The victim’s daughter believes that the sentence against Yury Rossoshansky was just, but that others were also involved in her savage murder, including a high-ranking police official