Section: Freedom House (USA)
Ukraine: Parliament Should Reject Intrusive NGO Measure
Press ReleasesUkraine: Parliament Should Reject Intrusive NGO Measure November 3, 2016Freedom House issued the following statement in response to a draft law that would require anti-corruption organizations and their staff to make detailed financial disclosures. …read more Source: Freedom...
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...
Russian-Organized Elections in Crimea Lack Credibility
Press ReleasesRussian-Organized Elections in Crimea Lack CredibilitySeptember 19, 2016Russia held Duma elections inside the illegally-annexed and Russian-occupied Crimea on September 18. …read more Source: Freedom...
Ukraine: Fire at ‘TV Inter’ Threatens Media Freedom
Press ReleasesUkraine: Fire at ‘TV Inter’ Threatens Media FreedomSeptember 6, 2016In response to demonstrations and a fire at the headquarters of Inter TV in Kyiv, Freedom House issued a statement. …read more Source: Freedom...
Crimea: Authorities Detain Leading Tatar Activist
Press ReleasesCrimea: Authorities Detain Leading Tatar Activist August 26, 2016Crimean authorities forcibly admitted Crimean Tatar activist Ilmi Umerov to a psychiatric clinic after nearly six months detention. …read more Source: Freedom...
Paul Manafort Is the Tip of the Iceberg
Paul Manafort. Credit: StockNews USA. Paul Manafort Is the Tip of the IcebergArch PuddingtonAugust 18, 2016Trump’s campaign chairman is under the microscope for his dealings in Ukraine, but he is part of a much larger consulting industry that serves the interests of autocrats. …read more Source: Freedom...
Ukraine: Infighting Threatens Anti-Corruption and Prosecutorial Reforms
Press ReleasesUkraine: Infighting Threatens Anti-Corruption and Prosecutorial ReformsAugust 16, 2016Agents of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) were illegally detained and abused by prosecutors. …read more Source: Freedom...
Ukraine: Alone but not forgotten
Video | Pelageya is 89. She lives alone in an old house in Blagodatne village, in the Donetsk region. She needs daily medical assistance and help around the house. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
