Georgia
Crimea Platform experts сall for massive expansion of Russia sanctions: 1,300 military companies still active
The expert emphasised the importance of strengthening sanctions policies at the parliamentary level and urged for enhanced cooperation with countries across other continents to support sanctions against Russia
Ukrainian parliament calls for global recognition of 1944 Crimean Tatar deportation as genocide
Ukraine, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Canada, and Poland have already officially recognised the deportation of Crimean Tatars as an act of genocide
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic: how the UN is trying to overcome it by 2030 despite Russian sabotage
Read about how UN is trying to overcome HIV-AIDS in the world and how Russia's war against Ukraine affected it.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry outraged by Georgian PM’s statement about law on “foreign agents” and Ukraine
The leading members of the European Parliament has stated that the “foreign agent” law passed in the first reading in Georgia is an attack on independent media and civil society and threatens the country's Euro-Atlantic integration
In Simferopol pensioners, who organized a protest in support of Karametov, were detained
Elderly people have organized single-person protests, while holding posters saying "Putin, our children are not terrorists"
They almost started a fight– Qualification Commission promised to publicly open dossiers of candidates for Supreme Court
The Head of the Qualification Commission promised to reveal dossiers "in the near future"
One civilian was killed and eight injured in recent days in Avdiivka
149 people were evacuated from the city since the beginning of escalation of the conflict. Almost half of them are children
Russia not to cooperate with ICC on crimes in Georgia
Russia has not ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
ICC launches investigation into crimes in Georgia
October 13, 2015, the ICC Prosecutor asked to proceed with an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Georgia
Abkhazia officially bans abortion
The bill allows abortion only in case of prenatal death of a baby
Russia: “Terror” Trial of Ukrainian Film Director and Activist
Evidence presented at the ongoing trial of the well-known Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov and ecologist Aleksandr Kolchenko in Russia may have been extracted under duress
Georgia, Ukraine pay for their choice with occupation of territories – Ambassador
Georgia chose NATO, and paid for its choice with Abkhazia. Ukraine has chosen the European Union and now has ongoing conflict in the east of the country.
Columns
More than 60 Crimean political prisoners are already in need of urgent medical care: How to solve this problem
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
