In Russia, coronavirus-related limitations were first introduced in March, and the number of women who turned to the national hotline grew by 24% compared to February. The situation is aggravated by the unsatisfactory state of […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia's Federal Security Service and other law enforcement authorities in the annexed Crimea use drubbings, electric shocks and strangulation to force detainees to testify. According to the information of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
More than 150 world-famous authors, publicists, academics, journalists and public figures have signed an open letter "On Justice and Open Debate." In this appeal, the signatories applaud a recent "needed reckoning" on social and racial […]
11.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian occupation authorities in the annexed Crimea searched the apartments of Crimean Tatars. Investigative actions began simultaneously at 4 a.m. in Krasnogvardiysk, Simferopol, Bakhchysaray districts and in Alushta. According to the human rights organization […]
07.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian military man, volunteer and musician Andriy Antonenko ("Riffmaster") and his lawyers have filed a lawsuit against his right violation to a fair trial and freedom, from their point of view, to the European Court […]
07.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
After the Orange Revolution of 2005, Ukrainians were proud of the high level of freedom of speech in the country compared to other former Soviet republics. Ukrainian journalists were more or less free to express […]
05.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the seventh year of the war in Ukraine, about one and a half million internally displaced persons (IDPs) left the occupied territories. Last year only, 1,376,517 people were officially registered as IDPs. There is […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has begun work on a bill to increase fines for insulting police officers. This was announced by Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko, adding that this issue was raised […]
29.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has released a report alleging human rights abuses in Russia's annexed Crimea. The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kyslytsia informed about it. "In the report of the UN […]
25.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has become the 170th country to support a call by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire. This was announced on its Facebook page by the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the […]
23.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian occupation authorities goal is to intimidate the citizens of Ukraine on the peninsula. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzhepparova. She noted that the persecution of Ukrainian citizens in […]
23.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
20-year-old Lyudmyla, a Kharkiv University's student, can't enter the controlled territory of Ukraine already for three months. The girl needs to pass the state and external exams to continue her studies for a master's degree. […]
22.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In one of the villages of the Donetsk region, an attempt was made on Valentyna Buchok the released from the captivity of the so-called "DPR". The woman exploded on an explosive device set up in […]
22.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Fourteen sailors from the Ruta ship, who spent more than three years in a Libyan prison, returned to Ukraine. These are inhabitants of Odesa, Kherson and Mykolaiv areas. The men were taken to Boryspil International […]
19.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia in the annexed Crimea oppresses Ukrainians and continues to change the composition of the population to increase the number of "loyal" to Russian authorities. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of the President […]
19.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Residents of the occupied Crimea had objective reasons to agree to compulsory passportization by the Russian occupation administration in the Crimea, as they would otherwise face repression and persecution. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of […]
16.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
One of the main events of the past week in Ukraine was the announcement of suspicion of the People's Deputy, the fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. This story immediately escalated into a high-profile scandal […]
14.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that the forthcoming voting on the territory of the annexed Crimea for amendments to the Russian constitution is illegal. Its results will not be recognized by either […]
12.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Thierry Mariani, a French MEP from the far-right National Union party, has joined the board of directors of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). The organization calls its mission to support democratic activists, political prisoners, […]
10.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The prosecutor's office of the Luhansk region reported the suspicion of forced "passportization" of Ukrainians to two heads of the so-called "Migration Service Department of Internal Affairs Ministry of the People Republic of LNR". According […]
10.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak