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Prava Ludyny

On the secretiveness of state bodies yet again…

04.06.06 | Marianna Bondarenko
It took one individual a long journey all the way to the cassation court to establish her right to information about the Secretariat of the Human Rights Ombudsperson (!)

The Law on the elections … and torture?

04.06.06 | Yevhen Kravets, Odessa
The author points to grave violations of Ukraine’s labour laws in the conditions imposed on district electoral commission members, and to the dangers of such a workload

Penal settlements and the elections

03.06.06 | Yevhen Kravets, Odessa
The author points to logical inconsistencies in the voting rights of convicted prisoners, as well as to the obvious lack of the components of free and fair elections in Ukrainian penal institutions

Survey in military unit À 1915

24.05.06 | Oleksandr Stepanenko, Chortkiv
The anonymous survey presents some cheering findings, as does the cooperation the local group encountered, however the level of ignorance about Ukraine’s international commitments is disturbing

Medical certificates as per a joint Ministry Order make nonsense of medical confidentiality

18.05.06 | Olga Goncharova
One Ukrainian has taken on a number of Ministries whose demand that doctors divulge information about their patients’ health, she asserts, is in contravention of the Constitution of Ukraine and the European Convention

Radio Svoboda: Observance of human rights in Ukrainian penal institutions

An interview with KHPG legal expert and lawyer, Arkady Bushchenko and journalist Volodymyr Boiko

Prisoner protest actions in Ukraine against cruel treatment from penal administrations

16.05.06
Information reaching KHPG suggest the authorities are attempting to downplay the recent cases of inmates resorting to acts of self-injury in order to draw attention to their plight

Is it correct to include passport data on railway tickets?

16.05.06 | Yevhen Zakharov, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
Worrying developments involving the introduction of single identification cards which could lead to a frightening amount of personal data being unjustifiedly shared by different state bodies

The Orange Revolution – 18 months later

10.05.06 | Inna Sukhorukova, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice considers the deportation of Uzbek nationals illegal

Human rights activists have FINALLY received an honest response from a state body. Congratulations due to the Ministry of Justice, but all the more reason to continue demanding the truth and a guarantee that no other asylum seekers will face deportation

  

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