Iryna Vyrtosu
The Pain Does Not Disappear but You Learn to Live with It. Three Stories of Wives of Fallen Soldiers
This article presents fragments from the lives and losses of three women whose husbands died in the war. Yuliia from Kyiv, Oksana from Lviv, and Alyona from Zaporizhzhia all unanimously say about their loved ones: "He is worth being known about".
At the border with the war
“Iro, you must cross the border at any cost,” my best friend pleaded. I did not have to explain to her why even in Western Ukraine, I would still feel unsafe. Going to bed, I was wondering whether our windows would crack from rockets and the glass would fall onto the bed where my four […]
One year as a General Prosecutor: Eight Lutsenko’s major failures
On May 12 it will be a year since Yuriy Lutsenko was appointed to the post of the General Prosecutor. During this time, he never became the person who could reform the law enforcement agencies
Crimean unfreedom of speech, or Notes of OSCE HDIM2016
To speak quietly, not to express pro-Ukrainian stance, not to cover the trials in the "case of February 26" in the media, to forget the name of persecuted journalist Mykola Semena, not to write critical materials, to be afraid
Levon Azizyan: ‘Benefit of pass entry system on contact line is questionable…’
The first thing that should be done on the contact line is to cancel the pass entry system, to lift the ban on direct passenger transportation, and to increase number of transport corridors
Why will visually impaired teenagers not read a new book about Harry Potter?
I wrote more than 100 emails and Facebook messages to businesses, donors, partners, and publishers, philanthropists – I received few answers and no funds
Amnesty 2016: What is so dangerous about amnesty law
The amnesty law must be properly considered, human rights activists insist
Without right to justice: Occupation power of Crimea delays consideration of appeal of political prisoner Andriy Kolomiets
The man will soon mark four months in custody
Debacles of Roma people houses as result of absence of interethnic policy in Ukraine. Expert commentaries
The state at last (!) responded to the conflict in Loshchynivka village
Two hours of shame worth two days in Geneva? Ukrainian officials report on discrimination to UN
I feel particularly ashamed for our country when I am listening to Ukraine’s report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...
Will exposers be paid 10% of corruption assets returned to state budget?
The experts call on public and international community to closely monitor the fate of the bill
KyivPride: Openness, Security Measures and 300% more MPs. Nobody Injured
It was attended not only by those who belong to the LGBT community, but by various other groups as well, including parents with children, people with disabilities, youth, and older people
Registered partnership: New sensitivity test for Ukrainians
Will the law on registered partnership be passed in Ukraine? What is it who needs it?
Captive Volodymyr: ‘State is leaving alone those who survived captivity’
Nobody needs us. People, who were in captivity, have no status.
Houseless people of Portland, or Humanity lesson on Easter day
A person may have no own house but every person should have home
Take note: Police teach their investigators to expose hate crimes
49 criminal proceedings over hate crimes were opened in 2015
Should communists be mentioned in the Basic Law? Backstage of constitutional commission
The constitutional reform is in full swing in Ukraine. The so-called de-communization is one of the controversial issues
Human rights in new version of Ukrainian Constitution
Will the reforms in Ukraine result in the Constitution as the Fundamental Law, not a declarative document?
