Rebels Operating ‘Gulags’ in Eastern Ukraine
Human rights activists claim some 5,000 people are being forced to work in self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Local Change in the Making in Ukraine
Across Ukraine, there are plenty of examples of local dynamism that contrast vividly with the country’s stalled reform efforts at the national level. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Audit of European Support for Ukraine
On October 6, the ECFR, in cooperation with the Institute of World Policy and the Swedish Embassy in Kiev will launch a new report ‘Audit of European Support for Ukraine’. …read more Source: Institute of World...
New Report Documents ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in Crimea
IHPR points to evidence of enforced disappearance, torture and murder in Russian-annexed Crimea, as well as the forcible displacement of tens of thousands. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Chinese Top Belarus List of Foreign Workers
More and more Chinese are working in Minsk and beyond, as Beijing extends over $5 billion in loans to fund major Belarusian projects. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latvia Responds to Western Uncertainty, Russian Aggression By Increasing Special Forces Troops
The unsettled nature of America’s election process and a clear waver in Europe’s will have set the Baltics on edge. First, it was Estonia nervously replying to American presidential candidate Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States should only help those countries that help the United States, by reminding the world...
Russia upholds Mejlis ban in a move to all-out war against Crimean Tatars
Only a miracle remained, and it didn’t happen. Russia has formally banned the Mejlis, or self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, the main indigenous people of Crimea which Russia invaded and annexed two and a half years ago. An escalation in repression seems inevitable, with a number of Mejlis leaders in immediate danger. …read...
Crimean Tatar Elected Body Banned in Russia
Today, Russia’s Supreme Court confirmed a lower court ruling declaring Mejlis, a Crimean Tatar elected representative body, an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea. The decision is outrageous but not surprising: Human Rights Watch has documented a steady curtailing of basic freedoms in...
Criminalization of Crimean Tatars Deepens Human Rights Crisis
Press ReleasesCriminalization of Crimean Tatars Deepens Human Rights Crisis September 29, 2016Russia’s Supreme Court upheld the banning of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis and designated it as an “extremist organization.” …read more Source: Freedom...
Ukraine Reform Push Would Pave Way to Support From New U.S. President: Pritzker
September 29, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
