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“Molotov cocktail” was thrown in the synagogue in Lviv
The police noted that the flame went out by itself
Four people died because Avdiivka was shelled by militants (updated)
The shell hit the courtyard of a residential building
In Lviv a young man was conditionally sentenced to 2.5 years for propagandizing communist ideology
At the same time, human rights defender Romanov considers the sanction of the law, according to which the young man is convicted, inadequate
Case of prosecutor, involved in crimes against Maidan, to be investigated in absentia
The court granted a motion of the main investigation department of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine
Number of people convicted of extremism grows threefold in Russia
In 2015, the Russian courts convicted 414 persons under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (extremism); the number is three times higher than in 2011 (137 persons)
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
Civilian car blown up near Marinka checkpoint in Donbas
The explosion killed two out of five passengers and injured one. One person died on the way to the hospital
Court bans Communist Party of Ukraine
Today, the Kyiv District Administrative Court sustained the claim of the Justice Ministry of Ukraine in full.
Author of report on Holodomor included in Russia’s list of ‘extremists’
The lawyer presented the report "Soviet genocide in Ukraine" in New York in September 1951. Since then, the report has been published in 28 languages.
‘Groundhog Day’: How to overcome the communist past?
Where has Yanukovych come from? Why is it important to describe the communist crimes as crimes?
Ukrainian Lawyers in the United States Support Feygin
Members of the Ukrainian American Bar Association (UABA) supported Nadiya Savchenko’s lawyer, Mark Feygin, who is being inspected by Russia's Investigative Committee on accusations of extremism
FSB detain another Crimean journalist
Tatyana Guchakova, former deputy chief editor of Black Sea News has been taken away by FSB officers in Yalta after a 10-hour search of her home
Columns
Ukrainian parliament appeals for NATO membership as foundation for lasting peace
Ukraine rejects “pacifying the aggressor” as a path to peace
“Appeasement never works”: Lessons from Bosnia’s post-war justice
Liberia demands Russia immediately halt aggression and restore Crimea to Ukraine
