Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
Impunity in Ukraine in the assessment of western human rights activists
On the positive features and failings of the report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Chillingly secret Crimean ‘Azov fighter’ trial ends in 6-year sentence
A very young Ukrainian just sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment remains as chillingly anonymous as when his arrest in Russian-occupied Crimea was announced in May 2015. Russia claims that Maxim Filatov was a fighter in the Ukrainian Azov Battalion, though this remains in serious question as does everything else about the case. …read...
Reformers warn of dangers in new bill on High Council of Justice
While broadly welcoming the law, the Reanimation Package of Reforms propose some amendments to ensure mechanisms of response to judges’ complaints of interference in their work, and to prevent preservation of the old system …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
No surprises as Trump says he could recognize Crimea as ’Russian’ & lift sanctions
Donald Trump did not just call on a hostile state to hack a presidential candidate’s emails on Wednesday. He also said that, if elected US President, he would consider removing the sanctions against that same nation for its aggression against Ukraine and recognize Crimea, which Russia invaded and is occupying, as Russian territory...
Concern over Ban on Highly Controversial Orthodox Procession in Kyiv
Human rights activists have expressed concern over the Interior Minister’s order that police prevent a contentious procession organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate from entering Kyiv on foot …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine’s Forgotten War
You need to go back nearly a year to find another month as deadly as July — and the month isn’t even over yet. But despite all the death and destruction, almost nobody is noticing. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Jailed Crimean human rights activist isolated as ‘dangerous’ prisoner
Crimean Tatar lawyer and rights activist Emir-Huseyn Kuku and two other Crimean Muslims – Vadim Siruk and Refat Alimov – who are all in custody on concocted charges have been placed on a so-called ‘prophylactic register for dangerous remand prisoners’ and moved to a special unit …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Move to sharply curtail peaceful gatherings in Russian-occupied Crimea
The number of places where in theory meetings can be held has halved throughout Crimea, while in some places, like Kerch, the restrictions are much more extreme. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian gets 2 years for reposting that Crimea should be returned to Ukraine
A second Russian court has found Andrei Bubeev guilty of ‘calls to violate Russia’s territorial integrity for reposting an article entitled “Crimea is Ukraine”, as well as of ‘extremism’ for reposting a toothpaste tube with the caption “Squeeze Russia out of yourself” …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Jitters in Ukraine as Politically Charged Religious Processions Approach Kyiv
Two religious processions converging on Kyiv have Ukrainian authorities warning that provocations could spark violence in the capital. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
