As gloomily expected, former Interior Minister Yury Lutsenko’s cassation appeal against his second conviction has been rejected by the High Specialized Court in Kyiv

Roman Doludaryov is particularly concerned by the changes involving billions made to the 2013 State Budget by the ruling majority at a meeting which opposition MPs were stopped from attending

The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union has appealed to President Yanukovych to pardon Yulia Tymoshenko

The position taken that no intervention is possible until each criminal case against the former Prime Minister has passed through all possible stages in Ukraine cannot be used to effectively justify Yulia Tymoshenko’s indefinite incarceration.

The latest reason for banning a totally peaceful protest outside the estate which once belonged to the State but is now owned by an outfit closely associated with the President was an expected flood - on the very day of the protest ...

Legal proceedings have been initiated against many NGOs, including the election watchdog Golos for not having registered as a „foreign agent”. Golos highlighted election rigging which prompted mass protests in Russia a year ago

The Internet site Prestupnosti.net reports that on 8 April, before a visit by President Yanukovych, Mykolaiv police officers tried to detain a journalist photographing road repairs.

During blackouts, looters grab their chance. During any high-profile events or disturbances in Ukraine, it’s all too often parliament that needs to be closely watched

“I think that those in power have made such a step as a precedent, and there are no arguments why such a step can be taken in the case of Lutsenko, but can’t be with respect to Tymoshenko”

After ignoring the total lack of evidence and sentencing three young men to 14 and 15 years imprisonment over the 2010 Zaporizhya Church bomb, Judge Minasov has gone on holiday without providing a copy of the judgement

Mikhail Beketov, Chief Editor of the Khimki [Moscow region] newspaper “Khimkinskaya Pravda” has died at the age of 55, five years after his critical articles led to a savage attack which left him unable to speak and wheelchair bound

It was a bad week for democracy in Ukraine – what there was being as close to the real thing as canned laughter on TV shows to genuine mirth

OPORA has issued a statement regarding the events on Thursday when members of the ruling majority chose to bypass the blockade of the Verkhovna Rada by holding what they claimed to be a plenary session in the parliamentary committee building on Bankova St

The Regional Press Development Institute has reported two cases where the court has allowed legal suits against refusals by the authorities to provide information

While Yury Lutsenko’s release is wonderful, Yulia Tymoshenko remains in prison, and Lutsenko was "pardoned" after the last court in Ukraine rejected his appeal against a grossly flawed sentence

Days after the rejection of imprisoned ex-Interior Minister Yury Lutsenko’s cassation appeal and a strong message from the EU, there is suggestion that a “pardon” may be on the way on the grounds of health concerns

The International Ice Hockey Federation has ignored calls to relocate the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship from Belarus unless Lukashenko releases all political prisoners. Please help get it through to the Championship’s sponsors that dictators must not be sponsored

Olexander Afronin, President of the Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association has never heard of royalties (like the President’s 15 and a half million UAH) for books which have not been written where there isn’t even a plan for it

On Thursday 4 April ex- Tajik Prime Minister Abdumalik Abdullojonov was released from the Kyiv SIZO [remand prison]. His lawyer told journalists that Ukraine does not plan to extradite Mr Abdullojonov

EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton, and Commissioner Stefan Füle have expressed their regret over the rejection of former Interior Minister Yury Lutsenko’s cassation appeal and reiterate concern over the trial which did not respect international standards