Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
The Unraveling Of Moscow’s ’Novorossia’ Dream
Details of how Russia’s Novorossiya project arose and ultimately fell have been hard to come by, but Aleksandr, a Moscow businessman had a front-row seat as an insider in Crimea and agreed to tell RFE/RL what became of the dream he still cherishes, despite the disenchantment of his months in Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Kremlin-backed militants to put maimed and tortured hostage on ‘trial’
Instead of releasing Vladimir Zhemchugov, the so-called ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ has charged him with ‘sabotage’ and put him in prison, which, in his state, could kill him. This is the latest example of a disturbing trend where the Kremlin-backed militants claim that all its hostages are ‘criminals’. …read...
Russia rejects appeal against Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov’s 20-year sentence
Russia’s Supreme Court has refused to even consider the cassation appeal lodged against the sentences passed on world-renowned filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and civic activist Oleksandr Kolchenko. The move was predictable, yet still profoundly disturbing given the lack of any grounds for the charges and “Stalinist” nature of the trial. …read...
Politicians are again jeopardizing Ukraine’s judicial reform
Human rights organizations and the Reanimation Package of Reforms Initiative have issued warnings over proposed constitutional amendments to the justice system and a new draft bill which would retain ways of exerting influence on judges. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean Tatar journalist accused of ’extremism’ & incitement for call to help children
Lilia Budzhurova has received a formal warning of “the inadmissibility of extremist activities” 6 days after writing a moving appeal to show solidarity and support for children whose fathers are in custody in Russian-occupied Crimea on fabricated charges …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia’s Conveyor Belt of Repression in Occupied Crimea
There is no evidence of any terrorist activities in Crimea, yet Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 3 other opponents of annexation are serving huge sentences for supposed terrorism, and the number of such convictions is likely to increase with the trial this week of four Crimean Muslims and an ever-increasing number of new arrests …read...
Crimea is not a closed subject, Putin. It’s an open wound.
Disappearances, arrests, politically motivated trials and terrorization of Crimean Tatars and all dissident voices are taking place in Ukraine’s sovereign territory which Russia invaded and annexed. Business as usual makes our commitment to democratic values as empty as the threats Putin heard and ignored back in February 2014 …read...
’I Will Never Return To Donetsk’ — Conflict Reduces One Woman’s Life To Rubble
Former Donetsk resident Nadia Zaslavska spoke to Dmitry Volchek from RFE/RL’s Russian Service about why the conflict in eastern Ukraine drove her from the city even though she had spent many happy years living there. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian Monument to Stalin’s Victims Highlights Fate Of Executioner
One of the few monuments in Russia devoted to “the victims of political repressions during the 1930s.” has a single line noting that fact, then dedicates 12 lines to honoring one particular victim of Stalin’s Terror: Valter Vand, the former head of the local branch of the NKVD …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Outrage as the Security Service shames Ukraine by blocking torture monitors
The news that UN anti-torture monitors had been forced to suspend a visit to Ukraine due to obstruction from Ukraine’s SBU [Security Service] has elicited outrage and consternation. The feeble excuses issued only compound the suspicion that the SBU has a lot to hide. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
