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Why will visually impaired teenagers not read a new book about Harry Potter?
30 September 2016

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

How confessions are suppressed by militants in Donbas (PHOTOS)
14 September 2016

How confessions are suppressed by militants in Donbas (PHOTOS)

Freedom of conscience? No, haven’t heard of it…

Two hours of shame worth two days in Geneva? Ukrainian officials report on discrimination to UN
12 August 2016

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...

Look at Crimea from Russian Kremlin
10 August 2016

Look at Crimea from Russian Kremlin

Was demonstrated by foreign journalists, invited to the annexed peninsula by Russia Today TV channel

Registered partnership: New sensitivity test for Ukrainians
07 June 2016

Registered partnership: New sensitivity test for Ukrainians

Will the law on registered partnership be passed in Ukraine? What is it who needs it?

Open letter to President, MPs and government members
03 June 2016

Open letter to President, MPs and government members

The Ukrainian state power was usurped by certain political and oligarchic groups

Should communists be mentioned in the Basic Law? Backstage of constitutional commission
18 April 2016

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

We quickly forgot how many iconic Ukrainian figures of 20th century were refugees
09 April 2016

We quickly forgot how many iconic Ukrainian figures of 20th century were refugees

Ukrainians were refugees in many countries in the history of the 20th century. Many iconic figures of the Ukrainian culture, politics and history were refugees.

If five Muslims destroy our culture, our democracy is worthless
29 March 2016

If five Muslims destroy our culture, our democracy is worthless

Michael Roestler from Switzerland says that Europe already coped with the waves of migrants. The question is the crisis of solidarity

How to improve access to justice for people
14 March 2016

How to improve access to justice for people

Judge offers his recipe, which will relieve the courts of excessive number of cases and at the same time improve access to justice for Ukrainians

International hybrid tribunal as response to total impunity
14 March 2016

International hybrid tribunal as response to total impunity

Human rights activist Oleksandra Matviychuk tells about things which should be paid attention to when choosing the model of a hybrid international tribunal for Ukraine

Does ‘Savchenko’s law’ really free murderers and rapists?
29 February 2016

Does ‘Savchenko’s law’ really free murderers and rapists?

Зrior to this lawб the penitentiary service released on parole half of the convicts in 2015 - more than 10,000!

Discrimination within framework of reforms?
24 February 2016

Discrimination within framework of reforms?

Everyone will benefit from protection against discrimination. Why is it so difficult for our MPs to understand this?

Does government permit discrimination against IDPs?
23 February 2016

Does government permit discrimination against IDPs?

Discrimination cannot be legal

I don’t care my brother has Down syndrome. I love him for being in my life!
25 January 2016

I don’t care my brother has Down syndrome. I love him for being in my life!

The neighbors changed their opinion about the children with Down syndrome as soon as they saw our Artem.

Fraud worth 50 hryvnias, protection of human rights worth a million
05 January 2016

Fraud worth 50 hryvnias, protection of human rights worth a million

They wanted to earn a bit but they were scammed out of their money. They went to some office where they were offered to buy the list of vacancies and the addresses

It’s criminal case, not just hooliganism
16 December 2015

It’s criminal case, not just hooliganism

I tell this to face of the pack of jackals, who having wrapped in the flag of our country, think they can decide who is Ukrainian, and who is not

I’ve kept silence for too long…
16 December 2015

I’ve kept silence for too long…

The main thing is to defend your rights primarily before yourself, to say who you are to yourself. And then you can say it to others.

Feminism is about fairness. Several ‘pros’
06 December 2015

Feminism is about fairness. Several ‘pros’

You can bring up a child as a personality without reference to gender: it's real, but we have not got used to it.

Being their own state: What do volunteers lack?
03 December 2015

Being their own state: What do volunteers lack?

New realities give rise to new phenomena and new words. Do you say we have never had so many volunteers? The war has never happened to us, too.