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News - 14 May 2015

Rada Decides on Tougher Punishments for Crimes against Journalists

It was voted for by 240 deputies

Verkhovna Rada Votes in Favor of Wartime Powers
News - 12 May 2015

Verkhovna Rada Votes in Favor of Wartime Powers

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

Parliament Sets Timeline for Inspections of Humanitarian Aid
News - 12 May 2015

Parliament Sets Timeline for Inspections of Humanitarian Aid

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

Crimean Tatars Not Allowed to Gather on Anniversary of Deportation
News - 08 May 2015

Crimean Tatars Not Allowed to Gather on Anniversary of Deportation

The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people is planning to gather five thousand people at the memorial rally on May 18 in Simferopol

Head of Cherkasy Court of Appeal, who exerted pressure on judge, re-elected
News - 07 May 2015

Head of Cherkasy Court of Appeal, who exerted pressure on judge, re-elected

April 7, the Court of Appeal of Cherkasy region re-elected Volodymyr Babenko as the Head of the Court.

Malaysian Plane likely brought down by Russian-made Buk Missile
News - 06 May 2015

Malaysian Plane likely brought down by Russian-made Buk Missile

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

Poroshenko Signs a Law Guaranteeing Social Protection for Volunteers
News - 01 May 2015

Poroshenko Signs a Law Guaranteeing Social Protection for Volunteers

With these changes, the families of those killed or MIA will be eligible to receive benefits under this law

Ukrainian Lawyers in the United States Support Feygin
News - 22 April 2015

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

Cameraman for Silenced Crimean Tatar TV ATR Detained in Crimea
Articles - 21 April 2015

Cameraman for Silenced Crimean Tatar TV ATR Detained in Crimea

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

Crimean rights activist Emir-Usein Kuku detained
News - 21 April 2015

Crimean rights activist Emir-Usein Kuku detained

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

Constitutional Court Postpones Consideration of Lustration Law
News - 16 April 2015

Constitutional Court Postpones Consideration of Lustration Law

The Constitutional Court has postponed consideration of the lustration law. The date of beginning of consideration will be announced later

FSB detain another Crimean journalist
News - 09 April 2015

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

UN Human Rights Committee Concerned with Russian Human Rights
News - 08 April 2015

UN Human Rights Committee Concerned with Russian Human Rights

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 To Teach Children in Eastern Ukraine How to Identify Landmines
News - 01 April 2015

UNICEF To Teach Children in Eastern Ukraine How to Identify Landmines

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

OSCE: Ceasefire Continues to be Violated in the East
News - 24 March 2015

OSCE: Ceasefire Continues to be Violated in the East

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.

UN Human Rights Committee Bombards Russia with “Crimean” Questions
News - 17 March 2015

UN Human Rights Committee Bombards Russia with “Crimean” Questions

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

Experts not Satisfied with Poroshenko’s Judicial Reform
Articles - 04 March 2015

Experts not Satisfied with Poroshenko’s Judicial Reform

The law “On Ensuring the Right to a Fair Trial” leaves in place levers to influence the judicial branch

Activists Will Remind Us about the Occupation of Crimea
News - 26 February 2015

Activists Will Remind Us about the Occupation of Crimea

Civic organizations have planned a series of events commemorating the anniversary of Crimea’s occupation by Russia