National Police

For the first time HIV-positive women and drug users complained to United Nations about violation of their rights
News - 08 February 2017

For the first time HIV-positive women and drug users complained to United Nations about violation of their rights

Ukraine is implementing eugenical policy, by establishing a legislative ban on reproduction and indulging in forced sterilization of certain groups

National Police is not fighting against drug trafficking, but against drug addicts – human rights defenders
News - 07 February 2017

National Police is not fighting against drug trafficking, but against drug addicts – human rights defenders

In 2016 this trend reached its peak

In Crimea court once again left Chiygoz in custody (updated)
News - 06 February 2017

In Crimea court once again left Chiygoz in custody (updated)

Chiygoz himself considers that his arrest is dictated solely by the desire to frighten the Crimean Tatar people

People with family ties in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are massively detained in the DPR – military intelligence
News - 19 January 2017

People with family ties in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are massively detained in the DPR – military intelligence

Militants reinforced the counter-intelligence regime

Every fifth Ukrainian justify crimes during the warfare, and 14% think tortures are acceptable
News - 08 December 2016

Every fifth Ukrainian justify crimes during the warfare, and 14% think tortures are acceptable

48% of respondents condemned such actions of military personnel, considering that they have to be punished

Another one Crimean Tatar was put away in a psychiatric hospital
News - 21 November 2016

Another one Crimean Tatar was put away in a psychiatric hospital

We think this is not the last case of putting dissidents in psychiatric hospitals

Head of Ukraine’s National Police Khatia Dekanoidze resigns
News - 14 November 2016

Head of Ukraine’s National Police Khatia Dekanoidze resigns

She named three main components for the independent police

Crimean Tatar activist deported from occupied Crimea to Uzbekistan
News - 08 November 2016

Crimean Tatar activist deported from occupied Crimea to Uzbekistan

Coordinator of Resistance Movement of Crimean Tatars organization Nedim Khalilov will be deported from the occupied Crimea pursuant to the local court’s ruling

Iryna Gerashchenko: 495 women, 68 children killed in Donbass
News - 26 October 2016

Iryna Gerashchenko: 495 women, 68 children killed in Donbass

495 women and 68 children have been killed in eastern Ukraine since the onset of the conflict there

Ukrainian National Police Head: 900 cases opened over illegal actions of police
News - 20 October 2016

Ukrainian National Police Head: 900 cases opened over illegal actions of police

About 900 proceedings have been initiated against police officers for just a few months

Head of Ukraine’s National Police explains necessity of ‘presumption of rightness of police officer’
News - 27 September 2016

Head of Ukraine’s National Police explains necessity of ‘presumption of rightness of police officer’

The Head of the Ukrainian National Police explained the need for legislative securing the presumption of rightness of a police officer

Cases of six investigators prosecuting Euromaidan activists submitted to court
News - 21 September 2016

Cases of six investigators prosecuting Euromaidan activists submitted to court

Two of the suspects have been working in the National Police until recently

Ukrainian Ombudsperson asks Military Prosecutor’s Office to report on inmates of ‘secret prisons’
News - 06 September 2016

Ukrainian Ombudsperson asks Military Prosecutor’s Office to report on inmates of ‘secret prisons’

Pursuant to the international standards, each report on torture and ill-treatment should be followed by an effective investigation

Ukraine’s National Police to remove illegal cages from subway at request of human rights defenders
News - 05 September 2016

Ukraine’s National Police to remove illegal cages from subway at request of human rights defenders

Deputy Head of the National Police of Ukraine Kostiantyn Bushuyev has promised to immediately remove the illegal cages

FSB does not release Umerov from the psychiatric clinic – Feygin
News - 29 August 2016

FSB does not release Umerov from the psychiatric clinic – Feygin

Umerov’s lawyers cannot meet with Russian FSB investigator

Three police officers from Kryve Ozero town arrested. New police regional department head appointed
News - 26 August 2016

Three police officers from Kryve Ozero town arrested. New police regional department head appointed

The Central District Court of Mykolayiv city arrested three police officers, suspected of involvement in the murder of a man in the town of Kryve Ozero in Mykolayiv region

Ukrainian citizen Vyhovskyi tortured by simulated shooting in Russia
News - 25 August 2016

Ukrainian citizen Vyhovskyi tortured by simulated shooting in Russia

Former political prisoner Hennadiy Afanasyev told how Russian security services had detained and tortured Ukrainian citizen Valentyn Vyhovskyi

Police ask to ban LGBT rally in Odesa
News - 11 August 2016

Police ask to ban LGBT rally in Odesa

Some MPs and church representatives have the same request