Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
Please start taking the Russian disinformation threat seriously!
Open Letter of European security experts to Federica Mogherini …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean journalist accused of contempt of court for demanding open trial
The first hearing into Russia’s trial in occupied Crimea of journalist Mykola Semena ended shortly after beginning on Monday, March 20, with the prosecution calling the defence ‘capricious’ and their demand for open hearings ‘contempt of court’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Belarus crackdown: more than 200 arrested or detained in two weeks
One year after the EU lifted sanctions against Belarus, the government is resorting to harsh and violent repression to break the most massive protests seen since December 2010 …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukrainians say Putin must go & Donbas be freed for normalized relations with Russia
Russia’s annexation of Crimea and military engagement in eastern Ukraine have taken their toll on Ukrainians’ attitude to relations between the two countries. According to a recent study, only 49% believe that a normalization of relations is possible in the distant future, while a mere one in ten believes a swift improvement is...
Russia orchestrates fast-track trial to imprison pro-Ukrainian activist in Crimea
The trial in Russian-occupied Crimea has begun of Volodymyr Balukh, a Ukrainian from North Crimea whose latest arrest came just a week after he nailed a plaque to his home in honour of activists slain during Euromaidan. The case has reached the court with suspicious speed given that the only thing that is entirely clear-cut is the political...
Children with Machine Guns & Russian Flags vs Voices in Shame & Protest at Russia’s Crimea Landgrab
A performance with children dancing about with machine guns was one of the most shocking parts of the state-organized festivities in Russian-occupied Crimea for the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s annexation. Others marked the anniversary with opposition and shame …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia now says it lied about Yanukovych letter used as pretext to send troops to Ukraine
Three years after Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin read out a letter purportedly from Viktor Yanukovych asking Russia to send in troops to Ukraine, and almost a month after Churkin’s sudden death, the Kremlin is claiming it never received any letter …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
European Parliament demands Russia release Ukrainian hostages, slams human rights abuse in occupied Crimea
An overwhelming majority of European parliamentarians have endorsed a hard-hitting Resolution condemning Russia’s occupation and repressive measures in occupied Crimea. The MEPs call for the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners held illegally in occupied Crimea and Russia, and stress that Russia has no right to be applying its...
Three years after the Revolution of Dignity: Why reforms are slowing, and how to prevent backtracking
On the reasons why reform is slowing down …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
FSB abduct & threaten to bury Crimean Tatar alive to force false testimony
A young Crimean Tatar was effectively abducted on Wednesday by Russian FSB officers who took him to a field and threatened to bury him if he refused to testify against 6 men, including a prominent human rights activist, facing gravely flawed charges. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
