torture
Ukrainian Balukh felt faint in the Crimean court
However, the judge decided to continue the court hearing...
The Parliament limited the entry of Crimean residents into universities only of 4 regions of the mainland Ukraine
"It took 20 minutes for the deputies to postpone for at least 10 years the issue of maintaining contacts with the peninsula and the possibility of reintegration"
Human rights defenders demand to bring the election of a new ombudsman from the shadows
The Ombudsman should express a position based on international human rights standards and not serve the interests of political groups
Polozov will not be able to defend Ilmi Umerov
Ilmi Umerov himself reacted to the decision calmly...
Ukrainian President submits to Parliament bill on ratification of Istanbul Convention
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the draft law of Ukraine on ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women
Ukrainian citizen, wanted for crimes against Maidan activists, detained at Boryspil Airport
The man was identified on November 9 during the registration of passengers
People freed from ‘death camps’ of Donbas militants tell about tortures
111 citizens of Ukraine are still held captive by the illegal armed groups in Donbas
Eight torture chambers functioning in Donetsk, Luhansk
Some torture chambers are located in remand prisons and former premises of the SBU departments
UN: 70% of human rights violations in Ukraine related to torture and ill-treatment
Journalists were also persecuted
Visit of UN SPT to Ukraine’s Security Service premises: Service’s report, thoughts of human rights defenders
The delegation received unfettered and immediate access to all the SBU premises, the Security Service assures
UN Subcommittee makes first visit within search for ‘secret prisons’
The delegation of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture inspected the premises of Ukraine’s Security Service investigation department in Lviv
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to inspect Ukrainian prisons on September 5-9
Will it succeed in finding SBU secret prisons this time?
People freed from secret SBU prison in Kharkiv give comments to international human rights defenders
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say that illegally detained people were released after their July report “You Don’t Exist”
‘DPR’ shows UN monitors captives living ‘at resort’
Ukrainian captives allegedly live two or three people in rooms with three meals a day and walks
Tortures cannot help get reliable information – research
Tortures adversely affect the personal integrity of both a victim and a law enforcement officer who uses them
Ukrainian officer describes horrors of Don Cossacks’ captivity
The prisoners were often beaten in the face with gunstocks, beaten with pallets, stabbed
Discussion: Not all tortures leave traces: whether Ukraine complies with ban on torture
Discussion will be held in the Media Crisis Center (The Ukrainian House, 2 Khreshchatyk Str., Kyiv) on the eve of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 24, at 11:00
Security Service’s pretrial detention facility in Kyiv being inspected off-schedule
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska, Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak and Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko took part in the inspection
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
