Euphoria in Kyiv and Soul-Searching in Moscow After Prisoner Exchange
Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian air force helicopter pilot, was captured by Moscow-backed separatist forces during fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, in the summer of 2014, and ended up in a Russian jail. Savchenko was serving in Donbas as a volunteer soldier with a local volunteer infantry battalion, “Aydar,” while on leave from...
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...
Kremlin Critic Taken Off the Air
A popular talk show on Ekho Moskvy, a bastion of independence in Russia, goes silent. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand addresses PC, expresses support for Europe’s fundamental values – human rights, democracy and rule of law
VIENNA, 26 May 2016 – Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today Estonia’s Foreign Minister and Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Marina Kaljurand underlined her country’s strong support for Europe’s fundamental values – human rights, democracy and the rule of law – and called for mutual...
NATO is willing to provide financial, advisory and other assistance to Ukraine
NATO is willing to provide financial, advisory and other assistance to Ukraine so Ukraine’s realistic requests and abilities to use this assistance are key. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the website Obozrevatel ....
Child Survivor of the Holocaust in Poland and Ukraine tells the story
Shimon Redlich: “understanding humanity” “We want more events like this,” said a Ukrainian member of the audience of the event on May 18, 2016, dedicated to the personal experience of surviving the Holocaust in Poland and Ukraine. It brought together the representatives of the Ukrainian, Polish and Jewish communities in London. Communities which...
OSCE media freedom representative, human rights chief welcome release of Khadija Ismayilova
VIENNA / WARSAW, 25 May 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Michael Georg Link, today welcomed the release of the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Khadija Ismayilova. “Her release is a very positive step, as was...
ODIHR Director Link welcomes Nadiya Savchenko’s release, stresses need to respect rights of remaining prisoners
WARSAW, 25 May 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, welcomed the release today of Ukrainian pilot and member of parliament, Nadiya Savchenko, who had been held in Russia since 2014. “I am very happy at the news of the release of Nadiya Savchenko,” Director Link said. “I hope that the...
Savchenko Released in Prisoner Swap
In exchange, Kyiv releases two Russians it accuses of being special operatives. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier welcomes the release of Nadiya Savchenko
BERLIN, 25 May 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today welcomed the release of the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. “I am glad and relieved that the Nadiya Savchenko has been released at last and that she can now return to her family in Ukraine,” Steinmeier said. “This is good news for...
