A well-known volunteer, Oleksiy Kuchapin, the Head of the “House of Mercy” (“Budynok Myloserdia”) organisation, was found dead in Kyiv. He left home on 16 July and disappeared. The statement about his disappearance was submitted […]
23.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A register of persons connected with terrorism, or those who are under international sanctions, will be created in Ukraine. The relevant decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers. It is noted that the Financial […]
23.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian occupation authorities in Crimea started to fine residents of the peninsula for crossing Ukraine's administrative border with Crimea with Ukrainian passports. If a resident of the Crimea does not have a Russian passport, but […]
22.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In Ukraine, the principle of a father and mother's equal responsibility for parenthood and support of their joint child is enshrined. The relationship between the parents should not affect their participation in the child's life. […]
22.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Two thousand Ukrainians serve their prison term in Russia, the Verkhovna Rada Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova stated. She noted that among the prisoners, there were victims of human trafficking who were involved in the transportation and distribution […]
21.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Psychological violence is a rather complex phenomenon in the former CIS countries’ legal fields. It is considered only as a component of the other violence types (physical, economic, sexual) qualification. At the same time, common […]
20.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The French Bureau of Civil Aviation Investigation and Analysis has received the black box of the Ukrainian International Airlines passenger plane that was downed in Tehran earlier this year. The French bureau announced this on […]
20.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Protests against the detention of Khabarovsk Krai Governor Sergei Furgal have been going on for nine days in the cities of the Russian Far East. More than 50,000 people appeared in the streets of Khabarovsk, […]
20.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 20 July, it is four years since the high-profile murder of a journalist in the centre of Kyiv. An improvised explosive device placed near the driver's seat was detonated in the car that belonged […]
20.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the downing of flight MH17, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed its condolences to the victims’ families and promised to do everything possible to get justice […]
17.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemns the facts of human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine) caused by the restrictive measures imposed by the Russian […]
17.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Pro-Russian militants in the occupied Donbas do not let applicants to Ukrainian universities into the Ukrainian-controlled territory. The Donetsk representative in the Tripartite Contact Group journalist Denis Kazansky announced this on his Facebook page. According […]
15.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In Russia, coronavirus-related limitations were first introduced in March, and the number of women who turned to the national hotline grew by 24% compared to February. The situation is aggravated by the unsatisfactory state of […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia's Federal Security Service and other law enforcement authorities in the annexed Crimea use drubbings, electric shocks and strangulation to force detainees to testify. According to the information of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
More than 150 world-famous authors, publicists, academics, journalists and public figures have signed an open letter "On Justice and Open Debate." In this appeal, the signatories applaud a recent "needed reckoning" on social and racial […]
11.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian occupation authorities in the annexed Crimea searched the apartments of Crimean Tatars. Investigative actions began simultaneously at 4 a.m. in Krasnogvardiysk, Simferopol, Bakhchysaray districts and in Alushta. According to the human rights organization […]
07.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian military man, volunteer and musician Andriy Antonenko ("Riffmaster") and his lawyers have filed a lawsuit against his right violation to a fair trial and freedom, from their point of view, to the European Court […]
07.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
After the Orange Revolution of 2005, Ukrainians were proud of the high level of freedom of speech in the country compared to other former Soviet republics. Ukrainian journalists were more or less free to express […]
05.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the seventh year of the war in Ukraine, about one and a half million internally displaced persons (IDPs) left the occupied territories. Last year only, 1,376,517 people were officially registered as IDPs. There is […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has begun work on a bill to increase fines for insulting police officers. This was announced by Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko, adding that this issue was raised […]
29.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak