From the law theory view, it seems that Ukraine's accession to the Rome Statute limits our sovereignty by no means because a national criminal law has priority in comparison with international criminal law. However, the […]
14.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
People detained during the protests, including many who had been beaten and injured, began to be released en masse in Belarus on Thursday evening. This was reported by TUT.BY. "People released from protests from the […]
14.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The violent suppression of protests in Belarus forced TV hosts and journalists of state channels to resign, the Belarusian portal Tut.ua reports. Eight employees left during two days, including journalists from Belarus 1, STB, and […]
13.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Union will provide macro-financial assistance to 10 neighbouring partner countries totaling € 3 billion. The funds are to help to mitigate the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. "These programs of macroeconomic support […]
12.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Mstislav Chernov, a Ukrainian journalist for the Associated Press (AP), was beaten by Belarusian security forces during a crackdown on protests in Minsk. At least 15 journalists, according to the independent Belarusian Association of Journalists, […]
12.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Iran will have to pay compensation for the Ukrainian Airlines plane shot down in the skies over Tehran in January of this year. Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine YevhenYenin wrote about this on […]
11.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Belarus held presidential elections on 9 August. According to a state exit poll, the incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko won 79,7% of the vote. Residents of the country do not agree with such data […]
10.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
As for November 2019, 20% of judges in the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol were citizens of the Russian Federation. Thus, today, in gross violation of international law, at least 104 foreign nationals administer […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Every year, according to human rights activists, at least 50,000 Ukrainians are tortured and ill-treated. In 2019, the Prosecutor General's Office sent to court 164 criminal proceedings under Art. 127 of the Criminal Code (Torture), […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
During the recent few weeks, I have known that at least four journalists had received threats of different magnitude and severity. One journalist had to leave the country. When coming to journalism, many of us […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine has launched an information campaign to protect freedom of speech and the rights of journalists, coincided with the 2020 local elections. In partnership with Ukrainian journalists and experts […]
03.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine and Iran have agreed on three major points in talks on compensation for the UIA plane downing next to Tehran, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Head Dmytro Kuleba announced. Negotiations with the Iranian delegation lasted […]
31.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The role the Russian state played in the death of British citizen Dawn Sturgess in the Wiltshire novichok poisonings may be examined in a British court after a successful legal fight by her family, The […]
25.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The decryption of UIA passenger airliner recorders crashed in Iran confirmed the fact of "illegal interference to the aircraft," stated Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Yenin. "I am grateful to all the partners who helped bring […]
24.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The illegal detention of Georgian Legion fighters by the KORD special forces, who beat the volunteers and damaged their car, took place on 2 October, in the Akademgorodok district in Kyiv. "Our boys were stopped, […]
24.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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
Vitaliy Shabunin, the Head of the "Anti-Corruption Action Center," declared his house had been set on fire by unknown individuals. On his Facebook page, the activist noted that a neighbour heard an explosion, after which […]
23.07.2020 • 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
Mass protests have come over in Russia: the Russians were outraged by the "all-Russian voting" on amendments to the Constitution in a single set that allowed Putin to legitimize the usurpation of power in the […]
21.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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