28.04.11
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and Kharkiv Human Rights Group have addressed an open appeal to Volodymyr Lytvyn, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada regarding a proposed draft bill which could cancel all the positive innovations of this vital Law
Proposed amendments to the Law on Access to Public Information will negate any meaning to the law and destroy any confidence and trust in declarations about commitment to fighting corruption and achieving openness
The International Women’s Human Rights Centre La Strada – Ukraine has issued a statement expressing concern and outrage over the total destruction of the system for implementing State policy on combating human trafficking
21.04.11 | A. Tolopilo, S. Shvets
The newly created State Drug Control Service may, in breach of present legislation, receive powers reserved for law enforcement bodies which will render meaningless any positive changes in State drug policy
Kyiv Post owner Mohammad Zahoor and the editorial team have reached atentative agreement, which amicably resolves the situation surrounding the dismissal of Brian Bonner as chief editor of the Kyiv Post last Friday.
The conflict at Kyiv Post has been resolved, with its owner Mohammad Zahoor having agreed to reinstate Brian Bonner and to create an Editorial Board overseeing the newspaper’s editorial independence
More information about the highly disturbing situation which threatens to crush a publication whose staff have consistently shown total commitment to maintaining the highest standards of objective journalism
Ukraine’s Parliament is implementing some of the most stringent social and economic reforms in the country’s history, yet at the same time sees fit to increase the annual maintenance allowance for each Deputy to 700 thousand UAH – at Ukrainian citizens’ expense.
11.04.11 | Mykola Kozyrev
The management of the Duvannaya Mine has ntroduced new disciplinary penalties for workers: an orange jacket with the words “I am an offender” plus compulsory work will now supposedly "teach" negligent workers and others
11.04.11
In a recent interview, lawyer for the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Oleh Levytsky spoke of the most shocking case in his experience, the first prosecutions in independent Ukraine of those defending their constitutional right to freedom of assembly
05.04.11 | R. Kuybida, M. Sereda
In their article, the authors note that last year human rights groups pointed to a serious increase in cases where the authorities interfered in the right of freedom of peaceful assembly. Their analysis of such trends provides disturbing reading
The UHHRU is pleased to welcome a new member of the Union – the Postup [Progress] Human Rights Centre in Luhansk which seeks to provide comprehensive defence of human rights and promote human rights awareness in Ukraine
The author considers the lightly fallout, and the reasons put forward to explain the decision to charge former President Kuchma over the death of journalist Georgy Gongadze
The Kharkiv Prosecutor Yevhen Popovych has reported that a Kharkiv resident has died in hospital after being at a regional police station
