Ivashchenko’s right to equality of arms flagrantly violated
The lawyer representing former Acting Defence Minister in Yulia Tymoshenko’s government, Valery Ivashchenko has condemned...
26 January 2012
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Rubber Stamp Courts
Ukraine’s leaders have seldom demonstrated much understanding or respect for the presumption of innocence. That...
26 January 2012
Judge Vovk simply reads out testimony given earlier in Lutsenko trial
On 24 January Judge Vovka began reading out the testimony of more than 30 witnesses...
26 January 2012
Ukrainian authorities must investigate violent police raid against roma
The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is urging Ukrainian authorities to investigate a violent police...
26 January 2012
All well with children’s rights in Luhansk?
In response to the President’s recent upbeat assurances about human rights in general, and the...
24 January 2012
Forward to juries, or back to people’s assessors?
The draft Criminal Procedure Code which the President has submitted for parliament’s consideration envisages the...
24 January 2012
Concern over plight of Somali asylum seekers in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Refugee Council has issued an open appeal to the President, Minister of Internal...
20 January 2012
The former Chornobyl clean-up workers are a big problem for the present government
Government comes up with new form of pressure on Chornobyl clean-up workers. The situation effectively...
20 January 2012
Protest over sacking of “Segodnya” Chief Editor Ihor Huzhva
Following the conflict at the newspaper “Segodnya” owned by billionaire Party of the Regions MP...
19 January 2012
Ihor Indylo’s family will not accept the court rulings
Oleksandr Zarutsky, lawyer representing the parents of Ihor Indylo, the student who died on the...
13 January 2012