Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Netherlands Moves World Toward Safer Wartime Schools
“And this is the computer room!” exclaimed the jovial sports teacher, throwing his arms out wide as we entered a classroom at School Number Four in the town of Krasnohorivka in eastern Ukraine. I looked around the classroom, confused. Not only were there no computers, there were not even desks or chairs. The room was bare. A group of teachers...
Dispatches: Kremlin Mopping Up the Remaining Dissenters in Crimea
Russia is tightening the screws on critics of its actions in Crimea. Expand Russian security forces attempt to block Crimean Tatars trying to cross a checkpoint connecting Crimea to the rest of Ukraine, to attend a meeting. …read more Source: Human Rights...
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Language English Russian security forces attempt to block Crimean Tatars trying to cross a checkpoint connecting Crimea to the rest of Ukraine, to attend a meeting. Alt Text Russian security forces attempt to block Crimean Tatars trying to cross a checkpoint connecting Crimea to the rest of Ukraine, to attend a meeting. Copyright © 2014 Reuters...
UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner’s oral update on Ukraine
Statement delivered under Item 10Human Rights Watch welcomes the continued reporting by the OHCHR on the human rights situation in Ukraine. We deeply regret that OHCHR, as well as the OSCE, Council of Europe, NGOs and independent journalists, were denied access or had restricted access to Crimea, which has made it very difficult to conduct human...
Россия: Украинской летчице Надежде Савченко вынесен приговор
Правосудие скомпрометировано несправедливым судом Expand Надежда Савченко в стеклянной клетке во время чтения приговора в Донецком городском суде, Ростовская область, Россия. 21 марта 2016 г. …read more Source: Human Rights...
Russia: Ukrainian Pilot Convicted
Justice Marred by Unfair Trial Expand Nadezhda Savchenko looks out from a glass defendant’s cage during a verdict hearing at a court in the southern border town of Donetsk in Rostov region, Russia, March 21, 2016. …read more Source: Human Rights...
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Language English Nadezhda Savchenko looks out from a glass defendant’s cage during a verdict hearing at a court in the southern border town of Donetsk in Rostov region, Russia, March 21, 2016. Alt Text Nadezhda Savchenko looks out from a glass-walled cage during a verdict hearing at a court in the southern border town of Donetsk in Rostov...
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Language English A man and children look at Russian tanks on freight cars after their arrival in the settlement of Gvardeiskoye near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 31, 2014. Alt Text 2016-3-eca-crimea-man-children Copyright © 2014 Reuters Region / Country Europe/Central Asia Ukraine …read more Source: Human Rights...
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Language English Parents holding photograph of Seiran Zinedinov, Crimean Tatar activist, who disappeared on May 30, 2014. Alt Text 2016-3-eca-crimea-parents Copyright © 2014 Lucy Ash / BBC Region / Country Europe/Central Asia Ukraine …read more Source: Human Rights...
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Language English Russian navy sailors take part in a festive ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Crimean treaty signing in Sevastopol, Crimea, March 18, 2015. Alt Text 2016-3-eca-crimea-anniversary Copyright © 2015 Reuters Region / Country Europe/Central Asia Ukraine …read more Source: Human Rights...