The information note of the UN Monitoring Mission for Human Rights in Ukraine on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on handicapped people in Ukraine reported that only 15% of disabled Ukrainian children get access […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The draft law "On Media" (№2693d), which restricts freedom of speech in the country, should be withdrawn from the consideration by the Parliament of Ukraine. This is stated in the appeal from journalists, media and […]
15.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute, the International Charitable Foundation ISOLATION and journalist, writer and former political prisoner Stanislav Aseyev, presented the project "Isolyatsia: must speak." The presentation […]
14.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Museum of Justice is an online museum where today anyone can learn about the history of humanity's struggle for its rights and help protect those whose rights are being violated right now. The Museum […]
14.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has completed a preliminary investigation into the situation in Ukraine, which concerns war crimes and crimes against humanity in eastern Ukraine and the occupied Crimea. This piece […]
12.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A Russian court has authorised the arrest in absentia of Ukraine’s National Guard serviceman Vitaliy Markiv for a murder of which he was acquitted by an Italian court, Russia's Interfax news agency reports with reference […]
11.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has faced particular brutality and disrespect for human rights. Since the occupation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation in 2014, human rights violations have become systemic and widespread there. "The human rights […]
11.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The so-called "Supreme Court" in the occupied Crimea sentenced Vice President of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, owner of the ATR TV channel Lenur Isliamov, to 19 years in a high-security prison in absentia. As reported, […]
10.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The University of Leuven (Belgium) has introduced a new system to ensure that outside partners in the future are not involved in any breach of human rights. The university already has an ethics committee that […]
10.12.2020 • Natalia Tolub
Most news covered by the regional online media outlets concern crime, emergencies, road accidents, and coronavirus, while human rights, ecology, and war in eastern Ukraine are the least covered topics. This is evidenced by results […]
10.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
YouControl analytical system experts have counted 80 courts which have so far announced the termination of dispatch of letters to litigants. That is, about 15% of Ukrainian courts no longer send inquiries necessary to ensure […]
09.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Twenty-five physical aggression incidents against Ukrainian journalists occurred during autumn 2020. That is the largest number of violations of freedom of speech recorded in the fall for the last four years. Journalists were attacked least […]
09.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian side has not yet received materials and evidence promised by Iran regarding the UIA flight PS752 plane crash investigation. The aircraft was shot down on 8 January 2020 near Tehran. Therefore, Ukraine calls […]
09.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Anna Prokofieva was forced to leave Belarus more than 10 years ago. Due to her active civil position, participation in protests, and cooperation with European organisations, the girl was expelled from her native country. Since […]
08.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine welcomes and supports the establishment of a new global human rights sanctions regime by the EU, approved by a decision of the Council of the European Union. "By adopting this decision, the EU has […]
08.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ambassador Rolf Mafael, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Council of Europe, and Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Council of Europe's Deputy Secretary-General, signed an agreement on the allocation of funds to Ukraine within the framework of the […]
08.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have completed a pre-trial investigation into the paymaster and keeper of the fire setting to Radio Svoboda journalist Halyna Tereshchuk's car in Lviv. The case materials were […]
07.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On the night of 4 December, Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Holubev was killed during an incident on the Ukraine-Russia border, Radio Liberty reports with reference to a source in law enforcement. The man shot dead by […]
07.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In Belarus, activists again organise mass riots against the Lukashenka regime. The riots in the "local" format have been going on in Minsk for the third week in a row. Protesters meet in the backyards […]
07.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the opening of criminal proceedings over the provocations related to the activities of Hungarian organisations in the Zakarpattia region. According to the Ministry’s press service, on 4 […]
05.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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