http://khpg.org/ Human Rights in Ukraine. Information website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group en http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328577491 A Kyiv court has begun examining the criminal prosecution brought against 7 activists of the protests against the draft Tax Code in autumn 2010. The prosecution is seen by human rights organizations as being politically motivated and aimed at deterring people from engaging in peaceful protest Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:18:11 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328576873 Arsen Avakov, leader of the Kharkiv regional branch of the opposition Batkivshchyna Party, former Governor of the Kharkiv Region and close rival to Gennady Kernes in the 2010 Mayor election has also been placed on the international wanted list. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:07:53 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328576177 Despite the European Court of Human Rights’ findings, the Supreme Court still refused to release Ivan Nechiporuk from custody or to revoke the verdict against Alexander Motsny who was convicted of committing the crime together with Nechiporuk Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:56:17 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328575630 Both the Personal Data Protection Act and the law increasing liability for not registering such databases have aroused serious concern among media, human rights and business organizations Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:10 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328575084 The U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon says that the selective prosecution regarding former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko impedes full development of relations between his country and Ukraine, as well as between Ukraine and the EU Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:38:04 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328488174 The illegal mines in the Donbas region which the authorities pretend have been eradicated or somehow made “legal” continue to claim lives with men often simply left to die when accidents occur Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:29:34 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328486719 Denis Kobzin and Andriy Chernousov from the Kharkiv Institute for Social Research write that the courts are not preventing the use of confessions obtained by unlawful methods. While there are many reasons, they say that the main cause is the degree of dependence of judges. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:05:19 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328486396 On 3 February 2012 the Kyivsky District Court in Kharkiv overturned the decision to initiate a criminal investigation over alleged forging of documents confirming the status of former Chornobyl clean-up workers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:59:56 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328485870 Russia’s vaunted intelligentsia had been largely pliant since Putin rose to power over a decade ago. But in recent months, musicians, writers, actors, and television personalities have joined a newly politicized urban professional class at the vanguard of a new protest movement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:51:10 +0300 http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1328396985 Tens of thousands of Russians braved freezing temperatures to gather downtown in Moscow and demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s rule ahead of a presidential election next month Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:09:45 +0300