Security Service of Ukraine

UN Subcommittee makes first visit within search for ‘secret prisons’
News - 05 September 2016

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
News - 01 September 2016

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
News - 28 August 2016

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
News - 12 July 2016

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
News - 30 June 2016

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
News - 24 June 2016

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
News - 19 June 2016

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
News - 17 June 2016

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
News - 06 June 2016

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
News - 26 May 2016

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
News - 25 May 2016

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
News - 14 April 2016

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
News - 21 March 2016

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
News - 15 March 2016

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
News - 04 March 2016

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
News - 24 February 2016

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
News - 04 February 2016

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
News - 16 January 2016

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