The prisoner transfer announced by the puppet pro-Russian authorities of non-government controlled territories of Donbas has been suspended. The exact number of illegally detained people whom the militants intend to transfer to Ukraine is still […]
22.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Crimean Platform summit with the participation of foreign leaders is scheduled for 23 August 2021, the press service of the Office of the President of Ukraine reported citing a statement by Deputy Head of […]
18.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at the passport control zone at Sheremetyevo International Airport immediately after arriving in Moscow. On Sunday, he flew back to Russia from Berlin, where he was treated for […]
18.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In 2020, 16 political prisoners from Crimea were given varying prison sentences (the highest of 19 years), 424 people were deprived of the right to a fair trial and 77 persons were illegally transferred outside […]
16.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered the first judgement in the case Ukraine v. Russia regarding the occupation of Crimea, declaring Kyiv's allegations of human rights violations on the occupied peninsula admissible. Thus, […]
14.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Larysa came to the Forpost HELP Mental Health and Trauma Therapy Centre to seek help. The woman is undergoing long-term treatment in one of the hospitals in Dnipro city. She visited a psychotherapist after experiencing […]
14.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Interpol has issued wanted notices for two Russians and a Portuguese man over the explosion at the port of the Lebanese city of Beirut, which occurred on 4 August 2020, destroying almost half of the […]
13.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A Russian court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced three Crimean Tatar Muslims in the case of the Bilohirsk group of Hizb ut-Tahrir. All three men were sentenced to terms in a high-security prison on religious terrorism charges. […]
12.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The 6 January events in Washington, D.C., when right-wing extremists who support Donald Trump's stormed the US Capitol building, shocked the United States and the whole world. The Democratic Party is initiating the impeachment process, […]
12.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine is awaiting a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the admissibility of a claim against Russia over an attempt to occupy Crimea in the coming days, Minister of Justice of Ukraine […]
10.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In Germany this year, carolers collected donations across the country under the slogan of helping Ukrainian children whose parents became migrant workers. As Deutsche Welle reports, the initiative was supported by President of Germany Frank-Walter […]
09.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Canada, Sweden, Afghanistan and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on the anniversary of the tragic downing of Flight PS752 near Tehran. "One year ago, in the early morning […]
08.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
These are the annual results of the monitoring conducted by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI) entitled "Freedom of Speech Barometer." Experts report on 171 cases of physical aggression against journalists. For comparison: a total of […]
08.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian law enforcement officers are beginning to verify the information on the alleged smuggling of the coronavirus vaccine into Ukraine. The corresponding instruction was given by President Volodymyr Zelensky. "If someone really hit upon the idea […]
07.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Pandemic 2020 was a year of radical changes, and for many they were not for the better. However, there have been many positive developments in the field of human rights in Ukraine. Release of ‘LPR’ […]
06.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has asked Donetsk and Luhansk regional state administrations to provide conclusions on the possibility of holding the first local elections in Donbas on 28 March 2021, the press service of […]
06.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The State Security Committee (KGB) of the Republic of Belarus carried out extrajudicial verdicts delivered by the president to his opponents, as evidenced by an audio recording released by EUobserver. A 24-minute audio file, recorded on 11 April 2012, […]
05.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian intelligence obtained documents from the internal circulation of pro-Russian militants in Donbas that allowed for access to the personal data of Ukrainian citizens who joined the ranks of invaders. As Ukrainian intelligence officer Serhiy […]
05.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
By order of Alexander Lukashenka, the Belarusian special services discussed the possibility of killing political rivals, including a car bomb explosion that killed journalist Pavel Sheremet, the Brussels-based independent online newspaper EUobserver reported following an investigation […]
04.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 1 January 2021, Sweden took over the Chair of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde became a new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for a period […]
02.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak