4 January was the sixtieth birthday of Myroslav Marynovych, founding member of the Ukrainian Helsink Group and former political prisoner, human rights defender, philosopher, writer and Vice-Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University
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Vasily Aleksanian has been released from custody after people raised the 1.7 million USD bail demanded. Former Yukos lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina remains in prison with her new-born baby despite calls for mercy. Yury Budanov, however, who murdered an 18-year-old girl is about to be released early
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The Directorate is convinced that the ruling will lead to a new string of court hearings dragging out the process of compelling the Simferopol City Council to conclude a lease agreement for land on which to build an Assembly [Soborna] Mosque
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In the interview reported here, Judge Stryzak also speaks of problems with implementation of the Court’s judgments and about fighting corruption in the judiciary
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According to information issued by the Cabinet of Ministers’ Press Service, the Conceptual Framework should become the guide for state bodies when resolving issues of ethno-national development and regulating inter-ethnic relations.
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The Accounting Chamber concludes that the existing procedure for providing financial assistance to civic organizations for people with disabilities requires fundamental changes, through providing it only on a competitive basis and for specific measures
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According to the latest Razumkov Centre survey, assessments of changes in Ukraine in various areas during 2008 are extremely negative and much worse than at the end of 2007
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The National Expert Commission for the Protection of Public Morality is calling on Internet providers to draw up a “Moral Code” on protecting public morality in the Internet
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“Ukrainska Pravda” and “Korespondent.net” are angered over a statement made by the President’s Press Secretary in which she asserted that the question from Internet users which had gained the most votes reflected the interests of Russian users
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They must provide information on the number of applications by staff for court warrants on intercepting communication channels, seizing postal or telegraphic correspondence and more
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Representatives of the Romanian National Cultural Society for the Chernivtsi Region have sent a letter of protest to the country’s leaders over the new language strategy which has been approved as a base by the Cabinet of Ministers, as well as in a Ministry of Education Order
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Russia's Supreme Court has turned down two appeals against decisions by the Prosecutor General to extradite men to Uzbekistan despite the fact that the European Court has halted any extradition in both cases pending examination
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Halya Coynash We are seeing politicians openly using and abusing their “assets”, otherwise known as State bodies in their battle to retain, gain or deprive others of power. Most disturbingly, they are equally blunt in their attempts to influence the judiciary
Halya Coynash It has become virtually impossible to differentiate between political events and their reflection in the media, and it is politicians themselves who contribute most to this. They don’t balk at any genre, and the media unfortunately are all too eager to go along with them
Halya Coynash They say that rumours fly. More often than not they are spread, with ill-intent or through carelessness, for the sake of an eye-catching headline, sensation, improved ratings, etc
Halya Coynash On apparent efforts to fuel discord between different ethnic groups in the Crimean media and the techniques applied to manipulate the audience
