Ukraine introduces OSCE-supported national strategy on development of civil society
Andrii Dziubenko Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on 26 February 2016 approved a new national strategy for the development of civil society for 2016-2020, a document which was drafted with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in partnership with the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. The strategy is based on a...
Kremlin Denies Trying to Stifle Story of Child’s Murder
Major Russian broadcasters downplayed story of toddler’s decapitation by her nanny, even as it went viral worldwide. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
ODIHR expresses appreciation for work of Poland’s Commissioner for Human Rights in joint statement with other global and regional human rights organizations
Polish Ombudsman, dr. Adam Bodnar Joint statement from meeting in Warsaw with the Office of the Polish Ombudsman The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) joined with other global and regional …read more Source:...
Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Ukraine: Society vs the System
Tue15MarInvitation OnlyResearch EventAnti-Corruption Initiatives in Ukraine: Society vs the System15 Mar 2016 – 15:00 to 16:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsYulia Andrusiv, Academy Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham HouseDownload...
Russia, between fear and defiance
As I arrived in Moscow this month, the talk of town was the BBC’s hypothetical drama ‘World War Three: Inside the War Room’, which had dismayed the Russian public. Everyone I spoke to believed that the film was intended to rally public support in Europe for a war against Russia. I of course protested, but when I heard in response:...
Don’t be fooled: Joining NATO doesn’t mean Montenegro has changed
Montenegro’s NATO membership has been in the pipeline for years. But only in the past few months, since Montenegro adopted tough EU-led sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, has Russia raised concerns. Though the government in Podgorica has maintained that its move is in no way “expressing an anti-Russian mood”, Moscow called the final...
Ex Crimea volunteer battalion Azov leader arrested & accused of working for Russia
Ukraine’s Security Service have arrested Stanislav Krasnov, close friend of Crimean political prisoner Oleksandr Kostenko and himself wanted on politically motivated charges in Russian-occupied Crimea. The SBU accuse the former commander of the volunteer Krym Battalion and now leader of the Azov Crimea Civic Corps of spying for...
Ukraine’s shame if vital Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR now closes
It is almost a year since Russia tried to silence the unique Crimean Tatar television channel ATR, forcing it to close in Russian-occupied Crimea. Relaunched in Kyiv, the channel is now again in danger and, gallingly, this time it is inaction from the Ukrainian government which is jeopardizing the channel’s existence …read more...
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Language Ukrainian Коридор школы № 3 в Красногоровке со следами от осколков.© 2015 Юлия Горбунова / Хьюман Райтс Вотч Alt Text Коридор школы № 3 в Красногоровке со следами от осколков. Copyright © 2015 Юлия Горбунова / Хьюман Райтс Вотч Region / Country Ukraine Русский …read more Source: Human Rights...
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Language Ukrainian Ученикам школы № 2 в Станице Луганской, уничтоженной в августе 2014 г., приходится заниматься в небольшом одноэтажном здании, где прежде размещалась редакция газеты.© 2015 Бид Шеппард / Хьюман Райтс Вотч Alt Text Ученикам школы № 2 в Станице Луганской, уничтоженной в августе 2014 г., приходится заниматься в небольшом...
