Information website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

05.09.2008

Appeal from the Ukrainian Catholic University to Ukraine’s academic community

How can we, Ukraine’s academic institutes bring up a new and morally steadfast generation when for the seventeenth year now the Ukrainian political milieu, aside from rare moments of spiritual enlightenment, has been unfailingly presenting examples of cynical disregard for God’s laws and immoral assault of the truth? »»

05.09.2008

Open Letter from KHPG regarding the organization “Patriot of Ukraine”

Hiding behind fine slogans, the organization “Patriot of Ukraine” through its actions discredits and dishonours the very concept of patriotism »»

03.09.2008

Halya Coynash. On the agenda

The war in Georgia has highlighted clearly that Ukraine’s stability and development as a law-based democracy is crucial for the stability of Europe itself. Put most crudely, we are all in it together and urgently need to support one another. »»

03.09.2008

The rule of law is not just on paper!

We must send an unequivocal message to all members of the authorities that those who violate domestic and international legislation and shame the country will bear personal responsibility for their actions »»

03.09.2008

Beslan: four years nad no answers

A society in which those guilty of the death of people are not brought to justice, but are given awards or promoted, cannot live in safety. »»

01.09.2008

Memorial: On the killing of Magomed Yevloev

Russia’s Human Rights Centre “Memorial” considers the killing of Magomed Yevloev, the owner of the opposition website Ingushetia.ru (http://ingushetiya.ru/ ) to be the latest act of State terror and a demonstrative and cynical crime »»

01.09.2008

Search and search again until you “find” something

This case where police officers used torture to extract a confession did at least reach the court. Only to get stuck there with no end in sight after four years »»

31.08.2008

Owner of Ingushetia.ru Magomed Yevloev killed

According to the website he owned Yevloev was taken away from the runway near the plane by law enforcement officers. The website was threatened with closure following an application from the Prosecutor who claimed that it had published an “extremist” article »»

30.08.2008

30 August should have been Anna Politkovskaya’s 50th birthday

Anna’s colleagues are convinced that there is a long way to go before the real organizers of her murder are brought to justice »»

29.08.2008

Georgia: Satellite Images Show Destruction, Ethnic Attacks: Russia Should Investigate, Prosecute Crime

Human Rights Watch reports that recent satellite images released by the UN program UNOSAT confirm the widespread torching of ethnic Georgian villages inside South Ossetia »»

28.08.2008

Halya Coynash. Newspaper pogrom

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 »»

28.08.2008

Strategy for reforming criminal justice may get moving

In September, according to the Strategy, a new Criminal Procedure Code should be submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers for its consideration »»

27.08.2008

“Granite-Steppe Pobuzhya” recognized as one of Ukraine’s Seven Natural Wonders

If you answered our call and added your vote, thank you! The park remains under threat of destruction with a part of it having been taken away through a suspect local authority decision and could be flooded if Energoatom has its way »»

27.08.2008

“Totalitarian regimes usually block access to information before all else”

An interview with Volodymyr Yavorsky, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union regarding legitimate restrictions on access to information and problems in this sphere in Ukraine »»

26.08.2008

Rational management of murder

The new textbook for Russian teachers of history presents Stalin as a “rational manager”, effectively justifies and downplays the scale of the Terror, and presents the murder of thousands of Polish prisoners of war as an “answer” to the killing of Red Army soldiers in the war of 1920 »»

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Articles

• No false notes

Halya Coynash
On apparent efforts to fuel discord between different ethnic groups in the Crimean media and the techniques applied to manipulate the audience

• Letter in defence of the Law: Refugees must not be extradited!

Please help us convince the authorities that they cannot break the law with impunity

• UHHRU position on the extradition of a refugee by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General

The official statement issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office arouses concern as to the level of legal awareness of a person called upon by the Constitution to oversee observance of human rights and adherence to the law in this sphere

• Not just bad to lie

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

• Real measures not imitation needed

Open Appeal over numerous human rights infringements in the work of the State Department for the Execution of Sentences

• Defumigating channels of information

Halya Coynash
On a repulsive Hitler doll, fighting stereotypes and shoddy journalism and on some success in asserting our right to truthful information

• Empowering truth

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.