Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Ukraine: Discrimination against War-Zone Pensioners
Each month, about one million people cross through checkpoints like Stanytsia Luhanska in east Ukraine. More than half are older people traveling into areas under Ukrainian control to collect social benefit payments. Between January and early April, according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), at least 19 people...
Ukrainian Court Penalizes News Outlet for Calling Far-Right Group ‘Neo-Nazi’
Expand Members of the C14 far right group, some of them wearing balaclavas, march toward an Russian orthodox church in Kiev, Ukraine. (File photo, April 20, 2018) © AP Photo/Felipe Dana A court in Kyiv ruled in favor of a Ukrainian far-right nationalist group, C14, in its defamation suit against the internet TV station …read more Source:...
Crimean Tatars Face Unfounded Terrorism Charges
Expand Crimean Tatar activists protest politically motivated arrests of terrorism charges in Moscow’s Red Square on July 10, 2019, with posters saying “The Fight with Terrorism in Crimea is a Fight against Dissent”; “Stop Ethnic and Religious Repression in Crimea”; and “Our Children Aren’t Terrorists.” © 2019 Alexandra Krylenkova...
Crimea: Imprisoned Activist Urgently Needs Hospital Care
Expand Edem Bekirov in court. © 2019 Anton Naumluk (Kyiv) – A Crimean Tatar activist who has been in pretrial detention for almost eight months is very ill and needs urgent expert medical attention, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian officials in Crimea should immediately transfer the activist, Edem Bekirov, 58, to a hospital for …read...
Lesbians Held Conference in Kyiv Despite Counter Protests
Expand Participants at the European Lesbian Conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, prepare for a group photo, April 13, 2019. © 2019 Human Rights Watch When the organizers of the second European Lesbian Conference chose Kyiv as the host city, they weighed the importance of visibility and solidarity against the inevitable security risks. I boarded the plane...
Making Life a Little Easier on Ukraine’s Front Lines
November 29, 2018Video Ukraine: Barriers to Free Movement for Older People Older people who need to travel between the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine and government-controlled areas face arbitrary obstacles, including risks to their …read more Source: Human Rights...
Ukraine: Escalating Pressure on Crimean Tatars
Expand Law enforcement officials during the search in Emil Kurbedinov’s office, Bakhchysarai, Crimea, January 26, 2017. © 2017 Anton Naumlyik (RFE/RL) (Berlin) – Russia’s arrest on March 27 and 28, 2019 of 23 Crimean Tatar activists was an unprecedented move to intensify pressure on a group largely critical of Russia’s...
Q & A: Ukraine’s Presidential Election, A Human Rights Background
On March 31, Ukrainians will go to the polls to vote in the country’s second presidential elections since fighting began five years ago between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed armed groups. President Petro Poroshenko will face off against a record 43 other candidates for the post. Candidates have largely focused on the conflict in...
Ukraine: Rights Agenda for the Next President
Expand People wait at passport control after crossing the contact line between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops in Mayorsk, Ukraine, February 25, 2019. Many pensioners spend hours queuing, in cold, heat, rain or snow, to cross the line because they rely on their social benefits, only accessible on the government-controlled side. © 2019...
Ukraine: Human Rights Backsliding as Election Looms
Expand Anti-corruption activist Vitaliy Shabunin. © 2016 Private (Kyiv) – Attacks on activists and government critics proliferated in Ukraine during 2018, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2019. The Ukrainian government did little to prevent or punish the attacks or to stem rising violence against minority communities, including...
