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Equality March attackers sentenced to two years of probation
The Obolonsky District Court in Kyiv delivered the verdict in the case of the attack on the Equality March, held in Kyiv last June
Record number of attacks in Donbas since September – OSCE
Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan states about a record number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region since September 2015
Dekanoidze: Not re-certified law enforcement officers file lawsuits
The police reform can be reduced to nothing if the courts rule to reinstate the law enforcement officers, who were denied re-certification, in their positions
Another court hearing in case of ban on Mejlis starts
The court hearing in the case of ban on the Mejlis has started in Simferopol, Crimea
Case of Tornado commanders submitted to court
The prosecutor's office submitted to the court the indictment against members of the former Tornado special purpose police patrol company
Another case against Klykh opened in Chechnya
A criminal case over insulting an official has been opened against Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klykh in Chechnya
Verdict in case of Savchenko comes into force
The verdict, delivered in the case of Ukrainian pilot, MP Nadiya Savchenko in Russia on March 22, has come into force
Russian doctors see no obstacles to convoying Savchenko
Russian doctors state that the health of Nadiya Savchenko currently allows convoying her
Court to consider Dzhemilev’s lawsuit against FSB in two weeks
April 14, a Russian court will consider the lawsuit filed by leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev appealing against the ban on entry to the occupied Crimea
Director of Ukrainian library in Moscow accused of embezzlement – lawyer
The investigation intends to charge director of the Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow, Natalia Sharina, with embezzlement
‘May 2 case’: Ex-chief of Odesa Emergency Service department put on wanted list
The national police of Ukraine has put ex-chief of the main department of the State Emergency Service in Odesa region, son of ex-mayor of Odesa Volodymyr Bodelan on wanted list
Savchenko to resume dry hunger strike on April 6 – lawyer
Ukrainian pilot, MP Nadiya Savchenko, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison by the Russian court, is going to resume dry hunger strike on April 6
EU Delegation slams Ukrainian bill on special confiscation
The EU Delegation to Ukraine has slammed the bill on special confiscation of property (No. 4057), passed by the lawmakers in the first reading
Most judges who persecuted Maidan activists continue to work
Only one out of 330 judges, involved in the persecution of the Revolution of Dignity activists, was dismissed by the presidential decree over the past year
Russian human rights activists search for Sentsov
Members of the Russian Association of Independent Observers Nikolai Shchur and Tatyana Shchur have started to search for a colony which Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was transferred to
High Council of Justice refuses to dismiss judge who harasses Automaidan
The High Council of Justice of Ukraine (HCJ) has refused to dismiss Oleh Bevza, the judge of the Bobrynets District Court of Kirovohrad region, who revoked driving licenses of the Automaidan activists in 2013
Chechnya court finds legal extension of arrest of Karpyuk, Klykh
The court in Grozny dismissed the appeal against extension of custodial term of citizens of Ukraine Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh
Crimean Tatars searched in Crimea again
The Russian security officers searched the house of Crimean Tatar Arsen Abdurashytov in Shchebetivka village near Feodosia, Crimea.
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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
“Appeasement never works”: Lessons from Bosnia’s post-war justice
Liberia demands Russia immediately halt aggression and restore Crimea to Ukraine
