Political prisoner count skyrockets in Russia
The human rights situation in Russia has plummeted back into Soviet times. Over the past four months, the number…
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KyivPride: time to tell our story to the world
We started KyivPride, first in Ukrainian history, only two years ago, but it seems like we already had…
De-Stalinization fails in Russia: Putin destroys Memorial
I remember clearly when in the late ’80s and early ’90s there were “Weeks of Memory” in Moscow,…
Facebook, Twitter and Google: the mechanics of disconnecting
The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media began preparations to block Facebook, Twitter…
Iryna Dovhan, the woman humiliated by terrorists in Donetsk, speaks of her ordeal
Shortly after being released from terrorist captivity, Iryna Dovhan, whose photos, wrapped in a Ukrainian flag and tied to…
Is there a resumption of political psychiatry in the former USSR?
By Robert van Voren Introduction Since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, the former Soviet Union is again…
Ukraine’s MFA points out omissions in UN’s human rights report
Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the fourth report of the UN High Commissioner…
Euromaidan-SOS&Donbas-SOS Digest, July 1-17 2014
Focus: Human rights infringements linked to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine Major trends Civilian aircraft shot down in Eastern…
Euromaidan-SOS&Donbas-SOS Digest, July 1-17 2014
Focus: Human rights infringements linked to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine Major trends Civilian aircraft shot down in Eastern…
Lustration committee: Lustration in Ukraine failed
After three months the new Ukrainian government has not even begun the cleans of the government system from…
Crimean Field Mission on Human Rights: On the Aggravation of Discrimination Against the Crimean Tatar People
The Crimean Field Mission expresses its concern about the increasing number of reports of human rights violations against…
Statement for Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the European Parliament on the situation in Russia
Prof. Dr. Robert van Voren Postbus 1282 1200 BG Hilversum (NL) tel.:+31-651534123 / e-mail [email protected] / www.robertvanvoren.com Chamber…
Lutkovska Received No Complaints Regarding Violations of the Rights of Russian Speakers in Crimea
Lutkovska visited Crimea and observed no violations of the rights of Russian speakers. She thinks one of the…
Human Rights Commission Condemns Illegal State of Emergency
February 19 Measures taken by the Ukrainian authorities are equivalent to the illegal implementation of a state of…
Yuriy Andrukhovych: How others perceive Maidan and why it must continue
Yuriy Andrukhovych never tires of speaking about Maidan or offering his own views on how to find…
Europe and Ukraine: Resistance to the Virus of Fear
Constantin Sigov, February 8, 2014, Istorychna Pravda Konstantyn Sihov is the Director of the European Centre for Humanitarian…
Die blutige Ukraine: Anwälte sammeln Beweise für ein “Schwarzbuch” der Gewalt
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOF3-NVLvoc&w=420&h=315] Tötungen, Folter, Entführungen, Verhaftungen – das ist die Ukraine Ende 2013 und Anfang 2014 Keine Strafverfolgung von…
Opposition MP Orobets: No progress whatsoever in negotiations with Viktor Yanukovych
Progress report, three weeks after talks with Yanukovych began 1. Not one political prisoner has been exonerated despite…
Top legal experts have created a Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Ukraine
PRESS RELEASE Contact for media (063) 286-68-69 Well-respected experts in the field of law and former political prisoners…
Journalists still attacked by police and gangsters
Journalists, who cover mass protests in Ukraine, continue to suffer from the tyranny of the police and gangsters…
