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In Crimea security forces paralyzed the work of internet resource due to last year’s blog
News - 29 January 2017

In Crimea security forces paralyzed the work of internet resource due to last year’s blog

Search with seizure of equipment was conducted in the editors office of the Novosti Sevastopolya

Top anti-corruption post for persecutor of well-known Ukrainian human rights activist?
News - 15 January 2017

Top anti-corruption post for persecutor of well-known Ukrainian human rights activist?

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has announced the appointment, pending final checks, of a person to head its Odesa Territorial Department.  The choice has appalled many rights activists who remember Dmytro Rudenko’s active role in the politically-motivated criminal prosecution of Vinnytsa human rights activist Dmytro Groysman. This appointment has also raised questions as to how a […]

Police killed a man who attacked people in Khmelnitsky
News - 30 December 2016

Police killed a man who attacked people in Khmelnitsky

Man stabbed a nurse of psycho-neurologic dispensary with an awl

Ambulance arrived to activist Balukh in detention center
News - 29 December 2016

Ambulance arrived to activist Balukh in detention center

Doctor did not make a diagnosis and did not give any documents to confirm his visit

People involved in the “Hizb ut-Tahrir” case are abused during the transportation to court in Crimea
News - 21 December 2016

People involved in the “Hizb ut-Tahrir” case are abused during the transportation to court in Crimea

Court has dismissed the appeal for continued detainment of the four defendants

UN General Assembly votes for Ukrainian resolution on human rights in Crimea
News - 19 December 2016

UN General Assembly votes for Ukrainian resolution on human rights in Crimea

70 members voted in favour

ICC recognizes annexation of Crimea as consequence of armed conflict
News - 15 November 2016

ICC recognizes annexation of Crimea as consequence of armed conflict

The situation within the territory of the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol amounts to an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation

News - 07 November 2016

Azov battalion representatives disrupt screening of film about Equality March

Representatives of the Azov battalion tried to disrupt screening of the March of Dialogue film by Oksana Poddubna in Kremenchuh, Poltava region

Complaint against arrest of Sushchenko to be considered at closed hearing
News - 18 October 2016

Complaint against arrest of Sushchenko to be considered at closed hearing

The lawyers believes the court hearing will be held with violations

Iryna Gerashchenko: Donbas militants ‘torture children with public video recorded interrogations’
News - 14 September 2016

Iryna Gerashchenko: Donbas militants ‘torture children with public video recorded interrogations’

Gerashchenko sent a letter to the OSCE and UNICEF with a request to urgently check the information claiming that militants detained a group of teenagers

UN report: At least one person executed, ten abducted in occupied Crimea
News - 15 July 2016

UN report: At least one person executed, ten abducted in occupied Crimea

OHCHR has reasons to believe that victims were abducted or deprived of their liberty by the de facto authorities of Crimea, or with their authorization, support or acquiescence

Former Ukraine’s Constitutional Court judge: Constitution cannot be amended under conditions of martial law
News - 09 June 2016

Former Ukraine’s Constitutional Court judge: Constitution cannot be amended under conditions of martial law

Former judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Viktor Shyshkin describes the constitutional amendments voting day as "Black Thursday"

Donbas appears on mental map of Ukraine more often than Crimea – journalist
News - 30 May 2016

Donbas appears on mental map of Ukraine more often than Crimea – journalist

Ukrainian journalists are now more likely to write about Donbas, rather than about Crimea, forgetting that the war started in the peninsula

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

Poklonskaya suspends activities of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people
News - 14 April 2016

Poklonskaya suspends activities of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people

Prosecutor of the Russian occupation authorities in Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya issued an order to suspend the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars

Prosecutor General’s Office wants to look for American money at Anti-Corruption Action Center
News - 26 March 2016

Prosecutor General’s Office wants to look for American money at Anti-Corruption Action Center

The Anti-Corruption Action Center views this criminal proceeding as an excuse to launch the criminal prosecution of its staff, who has publicly criticized the work of the Prosecutor General's Office leadership

White House hires first transgender member of staff
News - 19 August 2015

White House hires first transgender member of staff

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan started working as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential staff on Tuesday

Person with disability to play lead role in Ukrainian film
News - 28 July 2015

Person with disability to play lead role in Ukrainian film

The Other feature film is a psychological drama describing the problems of a person with disability