Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
Ukrainian civic activist tortured & now ‘sentenced’ to 2 years by Kremlin-backed militants
23-year-old Volodymyr Fomichov was taken hostage by Kremlin-backed militants from the so-called ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ over 7 months ago when he tried to visit his family in Makiyivka for New Year. He has now been ‘tried’ by the militants and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Why Putin Turns the Heat Up on Ukraine Now
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be preparing a new offensive in Ukraine. Russia has prepared an excuse for a military incursion to connect Crimea with rebel-held areas of the Donbas in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
76-year-old Russian on trial for peaceful protest granted asylum in Ukraine
Vladimir Ionov has been granted political asylum in Ukraine, eight months after he was forced to flee likely imprisonment for peaceful protest in Russia under the draconian new anti-protest laws …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Scandalous amnesty law that could waive liability for Maidan crimes vetoed
President Petro Poroshenko has used his power of veto against a draft bill which in its present form could have removed liability for crimes against Maidan activists, looters and other serious offences …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Imprisoned Ukrainian Blogger Escapes from Russian-Occupied Crimea
One of the ever-increasing number of Russia’s political prisoners in occupied Crimea is free! After a year spent in detention on ‘extremism’ charges, Yury Ilchenko, Sevastopol teacher and blogger, was released under house arrest. Expecting no justice from a court in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ilchenko decided to flee to mainland...
Menacing Crimean Tatar link claimed as Russia’s ‘Ukrainian sabotage stunt’ flops
Although Russia’s claims that Ukraine had tried to ‘attack’ its own territory in Crimea have failed to convince anybody, the arrests are continuing. In a potentially menacing new slant, a top official in the occupation government has claimed that Ukraine is planning “new sabotage” under the guise of acts of resistance by Crimean...
’Like Being A Slave’: Workers On Russia’s Bridge To Crimea Report Abuse, Deceit
The Kerch Strait Bridge is Russia’s top-priority infrastructure project. At a cost of at least $4.5 billion, the 19-kilometer car-and-rail bridge will tie Russia to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine after sending in troops and staging a referendum dismissed as illegitimate by 100 countries in a UN vote …read...
E-Declaration “faked reform” lets Ukrainian officials steal with impunity
Any hope of hailing the launch of Ukraine’s system of electronic declarations on August 15 as a victory have been well and truly dashed, with civic organizations condemning the sabotage and leading newspapers publicly calling on the West to put a hold on all financial aid and visa-free travel until Ukraine’s leaders stop trying to con...
Send a Sunflower for Independence Day to Russia’s Ukrainian Hostages
Ukraine is celebrating 25 years of Independence on August 24. The anniversary is poignant for so many reasons, but must be particularly painful for those Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea. Please show them solidarity with a breath of Ukraine – a sunflower! …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Russian Children Trained to Fight in Defence Ministry’s Youth Army
The apparent resurrection of a long buried Soviet tradition in Russia’s new Youth Army is not the most alarming feature of a children’s ‘military-patriotic’ formation which in just eight months has opened 76 regional branches and reportedly already has 12 thousand members. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
