All three cases involve disappearances while the manner in which the victims’ relatives were treated when they tried to find out what had happened was classified by the Court as inhuman treatment in itself.
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A Constitutional Court judgment, Cabinet of Ministers Resolution, as well as Internal Regulations make it difficult to answer a question which clearly needs regulating
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While the removal of tax concessionary status from almost all international NGOs does not stop their work, it clearly entails considerable extra expenditure and sends a clear – and worrying - message
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The Kyiv District Administrative Court has declared wrongful the decision of the Prosecutor General allowing the extradition of Lema Susarov to the Russian Federation
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The Resolution pays tribute to the innocent lives of millions of Ukrainians who perished during the Holodomor of 1932 and 1933 as a result of the mass starvation brought about by the cruel deliberate actions and policies of totalitarian Stalinist regime;
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On 27 June the Uzhhorod City-District Court banned until the end of the summer (until 31 August this year) rallies outside the Transcarpathian Regional Administration.
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Civic observers have recommended abolishing the norm of the law restricting election funding, but strengthening liability of parties for grey-area use of election funds
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We are posting here the apology which the Daily Telegraph issued over their misleading report of 22 April. We are extremely grateful to the Press Complaints Commission for their kind assistance in resolving this dispute
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The Simferopol authorities have banned the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists from holding a rally on Lenin Square on 29 June to mark the anniversary of the birth of the Head of the Ukrainian Resistance Army Roman Shukhevych
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The Constitutional Court has stated that a National Deputy must remain in the deputy faction of the political party or electoral bloc whose candidate list he or she was elected to.
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The first problem is finding out. The State Department for the Execution of Sentences is extremely secretive and normally denies reports of torture and ill-treatment
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26 June 2006 is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and events are taking place throughout the day in Ukraine to highlight the problem of torture by law enforcement officers and in penal institutions
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The investigation into the murder of Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze cannot be considered solved until the “instigators and organisers” are held to account in addition to the actual perpetrators of the crime
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Halya Coynash Why do we tolerate untruth in the media? On the vital force of outrage at being conned and treated like idiots in the fight against paid news items, propaganda and other lies
Halya Coynash On a repulsive Hitler doll, fighting stereotypes and shoddy journalism and on some success in asserting our right to truthful information
Approach us when you are offered “sensational information” concerning Ukraine. We are NOT asking that you take our word for it. Quite the contrary – we would ask you to check all information and present differing points of view.
This is what all of us, including your audiences, are entitled to expect.
Halya Coynash They say that news travels fast. So, unfortunately, do lies. The speed with which the “story” described below reached quite different media outlets has made many people in Ukraine question whether it, so to speak, travelled, or was transported. Be that as it may, other questions also beg our consideration
