Security Service of Ukraine
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”
Ukrainian Security Service says it powerless against website Myrotvorets
The Security Service of Ukraine has stated that Ukraine lacks the mechanisms to block the controversial website Myrotvorets
OHCHR report: Militants establish their courts to legitimize human rights abuses by illegal armed groups
Unfair trials cannot provide justice for victims of serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, UN stresses
PGO detains four ex-Berkut officers suspected of murders on Maidan
The detainees are working in the National Police of Ukraine
Ukrainian Security Service may put ‘Motorola’ militant on international wanted list again
Interpol does not search for people accused of participation in illegal armed groups
Ukraine’s Security Service ready to accept delegation of UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
The delegation will be allowed to visit any premises any time
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
Chechnya court sentences Karpyuk to 22.5 years in prison, Klykh to 20 years in prison
Both Ukrainians signed a statement to appeal against the court's decision
UN torture prevention body suspends Ukraine visit citing obstruction
The delegation concluded that the visit had to be suspended as the SPT mandate could not be fully carried out
U.S. Department of State criticizes Ukraine for corruption and human rights violations
Ukraine suffers from corruption in the prosecutor's offices and the judiciary as well as insufficient administration of justice
Amendments to Constitution can be approved at any session of Verkhovna Rada – Constitutional Court’s ruling
Voting for the final amendments to the Constitution can take place at any session of the Verkhovna Rada, not at the session immediately after that the amendments were pre-approved at
UN should set up hybrid tribunal in Ukraine – human rights activist
Mykola Kozyrev notes that the Ukrainian authorities still do not conduct systematic work on documenting international crimes
Meeting in ‘Normandy format’ in Paris ends without results
Foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia failed to reach any agreement
Court sees no violations in Cabinet’s order on IDPs
The court sees no violations in the fact that the internally displaced persons are forced to undergo humiliating check of place of residence
Savchenko’s lawyers unveil SBU materials at court hearing
The phone conversations of the “LPR” group leaders were wiretapped
Doctor demands 5,000 hryvnias for saving life of newborn and weak mother
The law enforcement officers continue the investigative actions to establish the facts of other possible cases of bribe taking
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Ukrainian parliament appeals for NATO membership as foundation for lasting peace
Ukraine rejects “pacifying the aggressor” as a path to peace
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