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How should Ukraine respond to court decisions issued during the occupation?
Judges, prosecutors, and human rights activists shared their vision during the discussion “What should be the state’s approach to court decisions made during the occupation after the liberation of the territories of Ukraine?” organized by the ZMINA Human Rights Center.
A story of Oleksandr Tarapon from Crimea, illegally convicted by Russia
On October 21, 2022, the occupation court of Alushta sentenced Oleksandr Tarapon to 2.5 years in a strict regime colony. He was charged with Article 207.3 (part 1) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, namely, “public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the exercise of powers by state bodies of the Russian Federation.”
“I was defending my home”: Ukrainian soldier Pavlo Zaporozhets illegally sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in Russia
Zaporozhets pleaded not guilty to the charges. Refusing trial under the Criminal Code, he asserted that as a soldier, he should be tried under the Geneva Convention
Gafarov-Shyring list: how Russia is killing political prisoners in Crimea
Tetyana Pechonchyk emphasized the importance of publicizing information about political prisoners. In her opinion, it is essential to tell the stories of illegally imprisoned Ukrainian citizens, spread them on social media and abroad, put pressure on Russia, initiate new resolutions of the European Parliament, and raise issues at the level of the OSCE and UN bodies so that Ukrainian citizens, political prisoners at risk with complex diseases, are released first and unconditionally
A Wake-up Call for Ukraine’s Civil Society
Ukraine is at serious risk of following its own footsteps in the failure of its 2004-05 Orange Revolution, when civic activism failed to achieve enduring political changes.
Interrogations against Criminal Code are conducted in Chiygoz case
Lawyer Polozov will demand the exclusion of this evidence
Editor of newspaper in Alushta has been arrested until January 4
He actively critized the actions of members of ruling party United Russia
How the government sabotages a National Action Plan for Human Rights
If there is no general consensus that certain principles of human rights such as, the principle non-discrimination as a basic foundation of daily work, then we won’t make any progress...
Panov and Zakhtiy are forced to abandon their lawyers in “Lefortovo”
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs demands to let the consuls visit them
Witnesses for prosecution not come to court hearing in Chiygoz case – lawyer
The witnesses for prosecution did not come to the court hearing in the case of Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Ahtem Chiygoz
Ukraine’s High Council of Justice refuses to dismiss judge who arrested Euromaidan activist
Judge unfoundedly arrested Euromaidan activist, photographer Maryan Havryliv for two months
Russian-controlled court in Crimea rejects appeals filed by Ilmi Umerov
The court delivers judgments on Umerov’s appeals at a fantastic rate
Russia’s court sentences Crimean Muslims to five and seven years in colony. UPDATED
They were sentenced for alleged ties with the Islamic organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Bribery Case against Poltava Mayor Closed
The Poltava Judge Larisa Golnyk not only refused bribes from the Mayor Mamay, but also documented his efforts to reach an agreement
Medium-security ward for pro-Ukrainian views: Convicts ask to return them to Ukraine
Ukrainian citizens, serving sentences at the Penal Colony No. 9 in Shakhty town, Rostov region, Russian Federation, are under pressure from administration
Pavel Sheremet’s murder is the latest in a long line of violent attacks
The murder of the journalist Pavel Sheremet is the latest and most egregious example of violence against journalists in Ukraine
Journalist Bochkala detained at airport because of ‘suspicious persons’ list
Bochkala thinks he was put on the list because of his material about the border guards involved in smuggling in Chernivtsi region
Eliminating discrimination or reporting to the UN?
What good are laws that fail to protect victims of discrimination or action plans that never include budget for their implementation?
Колонки
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