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[] Human Rights in Ukraine Information website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Óêðà¿íñüêà | Ðóññêèé | English About KhPG | Forum | Contacts | Subscribe for news login | registration | forgot the password today 22.11.2011 05:05 (by Kyiv time) navigation Monthly bulletin Prava Ludyny (Human rights) » Topics Chronicle Elections Politics and human rights Terrorism Implementation of European Law The right to life Against torture and ill-treatment The right to liberty and security The right to a fair trial Privacy Freedom of conscience and religion Freedom of expression Access to information Freedom of peaceful assembly Freedom of movement Prohibition of discrimination Social and economic rights Human trafficking The right to health care Environmental rights Children’s rights Women’s rights On refugees Interethnic relations Court practices Law enforcement agencies Penal institutions Army Self-government Civic society Human rights protection NGO activities Point of view Victims of political repression Dissidents and their time Deported peoples News from the CIS countries Miscellaneous The troubled times New publications We remember Announcements » Political persecutions in modern Ukraine » Investigative Journalism Research » The constitution and human rights » Against torture and ill-treatment » The right to liberty and security » The right to a fair trial » The right to privacy » Access to information » Freedom of expression » Freedom of peaceful assembly » Prevention of discrimination and inequality » Prisoners' rights » The Security service in a constitutional democracy » Analysis of the human rights situation in Ukraine » Human rights and civil society » History of the dissident movement in Ukraine » Publications » Ñampaigns » Archives News from partners news Freedom of peaceful assembly, Politics and human rights Police stop people entering Independence Square from eve of Orange anniversary 22.11.11 On the eve of 22 November, the anniversary of the Orange Revolution, Maidan Nezalezhnosti [Independence Day] has been completely cordoned off from the metro exit. There are also extra police units, and two cars with Berkut riot police, and several patrol cars. detail | print version News from the CIS countries Belarus: Stop murder – in the name of the people! 22.11.11 | spring96.org PLEASE sign and circulate the following appeal against the possible execution of two young men in Belarus who are accused of the Minsk bombing. They are being tried in a country without an independent judiciary, prosecutor, Security Service or police force detail | print version Politics and human rights, The right to a fair trial Yet more witnesses testify in Yury Lutsenko’s favour 22.11.11 On Monday another two witnesses questioned over the charges against former Minister of Internal Affairs, Yury Lutsenko, stated that there had been no infringements in the allocation of a pension to Lutsenko’s driver, Leonid Prystuplyuk. detail | print version Freedom of expression State TV and Radio Broadcasting Committee also against Morality Draft Bill 22.11.11 | comin.kmu.gov.ua "If it is passed it will not promote the safeguarding of freedom of speech in Ukraine. The unclear and abstract legislative definitions in the morality sphere will create the preconditions for the return in Ukraine of censorship and possibility of pressure on the media" detail | print version Freedom of expression Draft Law on dissolving Morality Commission in limbo for a year 22.11.11 | www.imi.org.ua The Justice Ministry has responded to an appeal from NGOs asking that all that was needed be done to expedite submission of a draft law on dissolving the National Expert Commission on the Protection of Public Morality. detail | print version Political persecutions in modern Ukraine Political Persecution in modern Ukraine 2010–2011 21.11.11 The set of cases of political repression. detail | print version The right to health care, Politics and human rights, The right to a fair trial Karpachova: Tymoshenko needs medical treatment outside SIZO 21.11.11 | 5.ua The Human Rights Ombudsperson Nina Karpachova hs stated that former Prime Minister, presidential candidate and opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, is in a grave condition in the detention unit [SIZO]. Ms Karpachova made an unannounced visit the previous evening detail | print version Politics and human rights, The right to a fair trial Former German Ambassador: Ukrainians must not be held hostage by one leader 21.11.11 Dietmar Studemann says he can’t imagine how the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement could be signed without a fundamental resolution in the Tymoshenko case, as well as meansures ensuring the rule of law in general detail | print version Freedom of expression, Freedom of peaceful assembly, Politics and human rights Court bans Orange Revolution Anniversary demonstrations 21.11.11 | maydan2011.wordpress.com The Kyiv Police justified their call for a ban jnot only on the “high likelihood of confrontation” between different organizations, but also conflict between those gathered and police units “which could lead to a sharp escalation of the political situation”. detail | print version Social and economic rights Most demanding Chernobyl Rescue Workers could face criminal prosecution 21.11.11 | tsn.ua According to the Head of the Regions Party faction in parliament, Oleksandr Yefremov, Chernobyl Disaster Rescue Workers who seek through the courts to have pension and benefit arrears awarded, could have criminal investigations initiated against them. detail | print version Privacy, Access to information, News from the CIS countries Russia: Shameful Trial in the “Case of the Historians” continues 21.11.11 | www.hro.org Students who came to show support for Professor Suprun who is facing charges over research into the fate of Germans deported to Arkhangelsk carried banners reading: “Maybe there’s been enough repression?”; “Is it really 1937 again?” and “Free History!” detail | print version News from the CIS countries Andrzej Poczobut receives Polish media award 21.11.11 | wiadomosci.gazeta.pl Andrzej Poczubut, the Belarusian Polish journalist arrested and tried earlier this year for "insulting and defaming" Alexander Lukashenko has been awarded the Andrzej Wojciechowski Prize for his coverage of the situation in Belarus detail | print version Freedom of expression, Politics and human rights, The right to a fair trial Zero Tolerance for Taxpayer-funded TV Lies 19.11.11 | Halya Coynash | www.telekritika.ua Tolerance cannot be expected when the State-owned television channel distorts or conceals information of vital importance and even the Head of the European Commission in Ukraine is stopped from explaining their position to Ukrainian viewers detail | print version Freedom of expression Presidential pool of trusted journalists at the taxpayers’ expense 19.11.11 | www.pravda.com.ua In his article “Viktor Yanukovych’s Press Pool – at the Taxpayers’ Expense”, Serhiy Leshchenko reports that President Yanukovych is accompanied on his travels by representatives of the same - loyal - TV channels and publications detail | print version Against torture and ill-treatment, The right to a fair trial Ukrainian Court sees no need to consider international obligations over the case of Viktor Shchetka 19.11.11 | hr-lawyers.org On 3 November 2011 the High Specialized Court of Ukraine issued its decision on an application to have the case of Viktor Shchetka reviewed following a damning judgement from the Human Rights Committee detail | print version Elections Parliament flouts views of Ukrainian NGOs and international bodies over electoral law 18.11.11 On Thursday evening, the Verkhovna Rada passed in full the draft bill on the parliamentary elections with a 50-50 mixed system, a ban on participation in the elections by electoral blocs and a 5% threshold for getting into parliament detail | print version The right to a fair trial New attempts to put pressure on judges 18.11.11 | hr-lawyers.org The Strategic Litigations Centre warns that attempts by the Prosecutor’s Office to put pressure on judges and make them obedient to their every whim destroy the last vestiges of an independent judiciary and carry the real threat of total collapse of the justice system. detail | print version Freedom of peaceful assembly Picket planned for Yanukovych’s visit banned in Odessa 18.11.11 The Odessa District Administrative Court on Wednesday banned peaceful protests by at least three organizations planned for 17 November near the airport where President Yanukovych was expected detail | print version Politics and human rights Report on Political Persecution in Ukraine in 2011 - 18.11.11 On 21 November in Kyiv the Public Committee against Political Persecution in Ukraine. will present a report on political persecution covering events of 2011 detail | print version Law enforcement agencies, Against torture and ill-treatment Pompilyaiko torture case hits another hurdle 18.11.11 It has been learned that a month ago the Prosecutor of the Ordzhonikidze District in Kharkiv once again terminated the criminal investigation into allegations of police torture from Svitlana Pomilyaiko detail | print version 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 »» ... 314 Articles Human rights organizations speak out on the sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko The courts must give attention to a number of specific questions arousing concern over the recent trial and demonstrate “courage and decisive action in defence of society from attempts to undermine] the principles of law” detail | print version Signal to Society Halya Coynash In response to President Yanukovych’s statement that “releasing Tymoshenko would give the wrong signal to society”, some thoughts on the signals given society by the carefully orchestrated trial, verdict and new criminal prosecution of the former Prime Minister and opposition leader detail | print version Parliament adopts Law on Loyal Supreme Court Roman Kuybida The Law passed on 20 October has nothing to do with the recommendations of the Venice Commission on reinstating the powers of the Supreme Court, but is instead aimed at ensuring that those in power have maximum control over this most important Court detail | print version On Track to Media Blandness V. Ivanov, N. Kostenko, N. Ligachova, V. Syumar In Dzerkalo Tyzhnya, Natalya Ligachova, Viktoria Syumar, Valery Ivanov and Natalya Kostenko give a disturbing assessment of Ukraine’s media realm with the problems seen over recent times only getting worse detail | print version Ukraine’s Justice System unravelling Halya Coynash While concern is rightly expressed over the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, some recent developments in that of her Minister of Internal Affairs, Yury Lutsenko, are equally indicative of the travesty of justice being acted out in Ukraine detail | print version Triple Blow for Kharkiv Television Yury Lukanov In an article for Tema, Yury Lukanov investigates the removal from air of three channels: - ATN, Fora and A/TVK. He writes that although his investigation has found no direct proof that the Mayor of Kharkiv, G. Kernes, is implicated, there is a lot of indirect evidence detail | print version After Kharkiv’s TV ATN who’s the next target? Halya Coynash There is no place for selective justice in a democracy. Selective indignation when the violations of democratic freedoms, including freedom of speech, are coming thick and fast, will also create the wrong impression detail | print version © 1999-2011 khpg.org created by Freelance Internet Studio The website is created with assistance of the International Renaissance Foundation and National Endowment for Democracy (USA) For using of materials from the site, reference to the information source is obligatory