http://khpg.org/ Human Rights in Ukraine. Information website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group en http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265667794 While it is a relief that Dilshod Kurbanov is relatively safe, the situation continues to cause concern with the authorities stopping him and others leaving the country even though safe third countries have come forward Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23:14 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265667621 These are just some of the issues the KHPG Advice Centre deals with in its work. Ludmila Klochko recently gave an interview in which she spoke of the work of the Public Advice Centre in 2009 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:20:21 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265631770 The Committee of Voters of Ukraine did not record a critical mass of violations which could have distorted the outcome of the presidential elections Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:22:50 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265585044 If it transpires that Dilshod Kurbanov has become the latest victim of abduction and has been returned to Uzbekistan, this will be a flagrant violation by Russia of the ban placed by the European Court of Human Rights on his forced return. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:24:04 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265578133 “It is difficult at present to talk of any influence that these violations may have on the outcome. We’ll see how the vote count goes. It is that which will decide a lot, and infringements cannot be ruled out, however thus far the situation is worse, but not critical.” Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:28:53 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265394321 In criticising the activities of the National Expert Commission on the Protection of Public Morality, we pay too little heed to the fact that in many democratic countries the media and public play an active role in imposing necessary limits, with no interference from State bodies at all Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:25:21 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265378717 The Committee of Voters believes that the greatest threats to the democratic nature of the second round of voting in the Presidential elections lie in the amendments passed to the Law on the Presidential Elections Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:05:17 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265368039 Oleksandr Chernenko, Head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine elieves that the amendments to the Law on the Presidential Elections passed three days before the elections, will make it impossible to disrupt the voting but will wreak havoc in the work of precinct election commissions Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:07:19 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265310470 In the Crimea after two and a half years in the Simferopol SIZO [pre-trial detention centre] Belarusian youth activist and rock musician, Igor Koktysh has finally been released, following calls from human rights groups, and finally a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:07:50 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1265303416 Renate Wohlwend is convinced that it would be impossible to carry out the proper work on explaining the changes for the average employee of an electoral committee Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:10:16 +0300