Rule of law | Promote Ukraine - Media and expert platform for Ukraine and the EU - Part 13

Promote Ukraine has joined the Together for Freedom global movement which aims to expose the links between dictatorships and condemn such regimes formed in particular by Russia and China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOxiwevbbXY "We are united to achieve […]

In connection with the abduction of Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich in Minsk, the EU leaders called for additional urgent sanctions against Belarus and avoidance of overflight of Belarus by European carriers. This was announced by Spokesperson […]

Vladyslav, 27, was injured in January 2015 when he went to a store in his hometown of Horlivka. Fighting was ongoing in the town, and a shell dropped a hundred metres from him. Since then, Vladyslav […]

Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, former editor of the main Belarusian opposition NEXTA Telegram channel and incumbent editor of the Belarus of the Brain Telegram channel, was detained in Minsk. The flight from Athens to Vilnius with Protasevich […]

To date, Russia continues to illegally hold more than 100 Ukrainian citizens in custody for political reasons in the occupied Crimea and in the territory of the Russian Federation. As part of the information campaign “Loyalty to […]

According to the data of the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre’s study, 4,950 fundamental human rights violations were recorded in the occupied Crimea in 2017–2020. Types of violations: 40% – violation of the right to a fair […]

Ukrainian MPs Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak were served with the notices of charges based on the case files of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov […]

The European Union is preparing a new package of sanctions against the regime of Alexander Lukashenka, which is planned to be approved in the near future, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy […]

The Parliament of Belarus passed a number of amendments to the legislation that significantly impair the activity of the media. It will become more difficult for Belarusian and foreign media to work in the country. […]

The EPP/CD Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe strongly condemned the sanctions imposed by the Russian Federation against Jacques Maire, the rapporteur on the poisoning of Alexei Navalny for PACE, and […]

Ukrainian enterprises, which lost property and profits due to Russia’s aggression in Donbas and the illegal occupation of Crimea, filed lawsuits at more than 12 commercial arbitration courts. The total amount of claims is over $4.5 billion, […]

Sanctions against Russian technology companies increase the toxicity of Russian business and the outflow of the best specialists from the country There is a long-standing tradition in Ukraine, almost since 2014, to consider Western sanctions […]

All nine Ukrainians held in detention facilities of the Kingdom of Thailand have received a royal pardon on the occasion of the National Day of Thailand, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova wrote on her Telegram channel. "Thanks […]

In Bakhchisarai, teenagers brutally beat their classmate, a Crimean Tatar girl, journalist Elzara Isliamova informed on her Facebook page, releasing a video of the abuse. [video width="244" height="426" mp4="https://www.promoteukraine.org/dirwp-content/uploads/2021/04/170572347_511426293185562_3651905748768791537_n.mp4"][/video] According to local media, the incident […]

The vast majority of Ukrainians (84%) believe that Ukraine currently lacks order. In order to improve the situation, people are even ready for restrictions on certain freedoms. This is evidenced by the results of the […]

The Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation, has asked to add six months to its initial term of one year, said Vice-Chair of the committee Włodzimierz […]

Bellingcat Investigation Team helped identify three Russians involved in war crimes and torture in the Izolyatsia prison, which is controlled by militants of the so-called “DPR” and is located in occupied Donetsk. Stanislav Aseev, journalist […]

Once the Government of Ukraine restores the control over Crimea, the Ukrainian authorities will deport all citizens of the Russian Federation, who moved to the territory of the peninsula illegally (bypassing the official Ukrainian border, entry-exit […]

The following is a joint statement by the Permanent Missions of Republic of Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, the Republic of Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Republic of […]

The Kirovske District Court found Crimean Tatar Medzhyt Abliamitov guilty of participating in the Noman Çelebicihan Voluntary Battalion under Article 208.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in illegal armed formation) and […]