It was voted for by 240 deputies
The military command and the local administrations have the right to establish a regime of enhanced protection of critical facilities, to introduce labor service for able-bodied persons, etc
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted, without alterations, a bill which allows for a maximum of seven days for the registration of documents for the inspection and passage of humanitarian aid
The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people is planning to gather five thousand people at the memorial rally on May 18 in Simferopol
April 7, the Court of Appeal of Cherkasy region re-elected Volodymyr Babenko as the Head of the Court.
Malaysian airline flight MH17 was most likely brought down using the Russian-made Buk-M1 missile system. This conclusion was reached in a confidential report made by a group of Russian engineers, including developers of the weapon system
With these changes, the families of those killed or MIA will be eligible to receive benefits under this law
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
Eskender Nebiyev, cameraman for ATR, the Crimean Tatar TV channel which Russia recently forced off air in Russian-occupied Crimea, is reported to have been detained on Monday after a search was carried out of his home
Emir-Usein Kuku, member of the Contact Group on Human Rights has been taken away after police arrived at his home in Yalta on Monday morning
The Constitutional Court has postponed consideration of the lustration law. The date of beginning of consideration will be announced later
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
The UN Committee called on Russia to stop the persecution of activists and human rights advocates, to fight racism, and investigate the murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, begins an education campaign that will provide life-saving information on the risk of mines to 500,000 children in eastern Ukraine
Observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine witnessed a number of violations of the ceasefire in the east of Ukraine on March 21st and 22nd.
During its session in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Committee has presented Russia with a number of questions about human rights violations in the annexed Crimea
The law “On Ensuring the Right to a Fair Trial” leaves in place levers to influence the judicial branch
Civic organizations have planned a series of events commemorating the anniversary of Crimea’s occupation by Russia
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