Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
Ukraine’s Government appoints Homophobic Family Ombudsman
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has chosen as Ombudsman on Family Matters Adrian Bukovynsky, known for his highly contentious views on the subject of LGBT rights, support for a Russian-style law banning ‘propaganda of homosexuality’ and some seriously offensive pronouncements. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia Declares War on Crimean Tatars
Two years after invading and annexing Crimea, Russia appears ready to outlaw the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, the representative body of the largest indigenous people of the peninsula. It is unclear whether Western countries will respond with more than words of deep concern if the Mejlis and its 2,300 representatives at various levels are criminalized....
Playing with fear and ignorance
Further important insight on the worrying referendum in the Netherlands on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian spetsnaz officer exposed fighting in Donbas demands YouTube remove the ’confidential’ evidence
Can apparent evidence of Russian war crimes in Donbas be protected as ‘confidential’ material? The InformNapalm project, which probes Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine, believes not, and has responded accordingly to the demand from YouTube to remove a particular video. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Mustafa Dzhemiliev: Russian repression more insidious & vile than in Soviet times
If Russia declares the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, or representative body of the indigenous people of Crimea ‘extremist’, around 2,300 members of Crimean Tatar self-government structures could be in immediate danger. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
How a democratic tool became a threat to democracy
The author describes how a referendum once introduced as the ultimate form of democracy has been hijacked in Holland, and is serving those in Russia whose basic rules of the game are simple – that the EU should crumble before Russia goes down the drain …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Where now if Nadiya Savchenko refuses even water?
In protest over the sudden refusal to let her give her final statement, Nadiya Savchenko has announced that from Friday she will refuse even water. Her defiance is courageous as ever, her speech stirring, but the chilling fear remains that the Kremlin will not react. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Reshat Ametov, Slain Symbol of Struggle Against Russian Invasion of Crimea
It is two years since 39-year-old Reshat Ametov came out in silent protest against the Russian soldiers who had seized control in his native Crimea. The Crimean Tatar father of three was abducted by pro-Russian paramilitaries and tortured to death …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Luhansk journalist Maria Varfolomeyeva freed after 14 months captivity
Kremlin-backed militants have finally released Maria Varfolomeyeva, the Luhansk journalist held hostage since Jan 2015. She was exchanged for a Russian soldier and a civilian, and is now safely on government-controlled territory. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
NATO Commander: Russia uses Syrian refugees as ’weapon’ against West
NATO’s top general accused Russia and Syria of fomenting a mass exodus of refugees as a “weapon” against the West. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
