Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
Freed Ukrainian Political Prisoner: Sanctions Against Russia Must Continue to Free Others
74-year-old Yury Soloshenko and Gennady Afanasyev (26) are finally home and enormously grateful for the support they received. They both spoke of the need to return all prisoners held by Russia, and the role in this that sanctions play …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Kremlin proxies stage ‘mass protests’ against real peacekeeping force in Donbas
What conceivable arguments could there be against an armed OSCE mission helping to ensure peace in Donbas? When there are none, except the lack of any intention to stop the war, you bring out “tens of thousands” of protesters, on fear of losing their jobs if they don’t appear. Judging by a report from Deutsche Welle, such stunts may even...
A ‘Crimean Four’ Political Prisoner Placed in Notorious Serbsky Institute
Oleksiy Chirniy, a Crimean tried illegally in the same case as Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and civic activist Oleksandr Kolchenko has been brought from a Russian prison in Magadan and placed in the Moscow Serbsky Institute. The move could possibly be a step towards his release. There is still no sign that the Kremlin plans to free Sentsov...
Ukrainian musician finally freed after 4 years imprisonment on rigged charges
The Podilsky District Court in Kyiv has finally released world-renowned accordionist Ihor Zavadsky from custody almost two months after a rigged sentence was revoked over 4 years after he was first arrested …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine did it! LGBT Equality March passes without major problems
For the first time, a planned Gay Pride march has taken place in the very centre of Kyiv with few incidents. On a day so darkened by the massacre in Orlando, Texas, this may have seemed a small thing, but for Ukraine it was a major achievement …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian OSCE Appointee Implicated in Russia’s Fake Crimea Referendum & War Propaganda
Vladislav Grib, recently appointed a personal representative to the OSCE’s Chairperson-in-Office was directly involved in rubberstamping the scam ‘referendum’ used by Russia to try to justify its invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014 – an event never recognized by the OSCE or international community …read more Source:...
Igor Zavadsky as a mirror of the Ukrainian justice system
On June 13, a new court examination begins in the Podolsky District Court of the charges against virtuoso accordionist Igor Zavadsky. The issue will be determined of whether he remains in custody …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
10-year Sentence Demanded for Euromaidan in Russian-occupied Crimea
22-year-old former Euromaidan protester Andriy Kolomiyets could be sentenced on Friday to 10 years’ imprisonment despite an alleged ‘offence’ that almost certainly never happened, and over which a court under Russian occupation categorically has no jurisdiction. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Putin’s Kerch Bridge to Crimea: No Money, Dodgy Insurance & No Accountability
Upbeat noises in the pro-Kremlin media about the Kerch Strait Bridge that Russia is trying to build to Crimea without any environmental impact studies are fighting against the odds, with reports of financing problems now compounded by news of an extremely obscure ‘insurer’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Pavlensky says he will not pay fine after his unexpected release
A Moscow court on June 8 rather unexpectedly released Pyotr Pavlensky from custody, after finding him guilty and fining him for damaging what was referred to as a ‘site of cultural heritage’, namely a door to the FSB building on Lubyanka Square …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
