29.08.08 | Halya Coynash
They say that rumours fly. More often than not they are spread, with ill-intent or through carelessness, for the sake of an eye-catching headline, sensation, improved ratings, etc
29.08.08
In September, according to the Strategy, a new Criminal Procedure Code should be submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers for its consideration
An interview with Volodymyr Yavorsky, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union regarding legitimate restrictions on access to information and problems in this sphere in Ukraine
27.08.08
The new textbook for Russian teachers of history presents Stalin as a “rational manager”, effectively justifies and downplays the scale of the Terror, and presents the murder of thousands of Polish prisoners of war as an “answer” to the killing of Red Army soldiers in the war of 1920
27.08.08
The court awarded damages over the unlawful actions of detective inquiry and criminal investigation bodies, the prosecutor’s office and the court
One of the main slogans of the protest was from the song by Alexander Galich which he wrote after Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces moved in to Czechoslovakia to crush the Prague Spring: “Citizens, our country is in danger. Our tanks are on foreign soil!”
24.08.08
“Our action is in memory of how 40 years ago seven people went out onto Red Square. That was a breath of freedom and a serious step towards overcoming our own fear. The fear is again appearing ..."
22.08.08
On Thursday evening a group of communists led by deputies from the Crimean parliament decided to use methods of force against pluralism of opinion
22.08.08
After the crushing of the Prague Spring in August 1968, the Kremlin was especially vigilant over its neighbour Ukraine
15.08.08
The Ministry’s press service has stated that the reports in some media outlets of supposed participation of Ukrainian military instructors and servicing of air defence on Georgian territory are total lies
14.08.08 | Boris Vizhnevsky
The Russian author of these ten points regarding the new war in the Caucuses makes some searing comments about the parallels with the Chechen Wars, State-supported propaganda and the need for a single approach in assessing similar situations
13.08.08 | Halya Coynash
It is truly difficult to fathom why the Kyiv Head of Police decided to talk about “a possible surge of migrants from the Caucuses due to the events in South Ossetia”. The consequences of such utterances are unfortunately depressively obvious
12.08.08
Open appeal from the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
08.08.08
The history of conflict in the Caucuses over recent years demonstrates a long chain of mistakes and crimes. We call on you to not forget this history.
07.08.08
A disappointing ruling from a Kharkiv court of appeal regarding the legitimacy of the actions of the Kharkiv metro police in stopping people to check their documents on disputed grounds
05.08.08
The official statement issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office arouses concern as to the level of legal awareness of a person called upon by the Constitution to oversee observance of human rights and adherence to the law in this sphere
