Political-Legal Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgement in response to a constitutional submission from the Zhashkiv District Council (Cherkasy region) asking for an official interpretation of Article 32 § 1, Article 34 § 2 of the Constitution.

2/3/2012 5:22:23 PM

On Thursday during the ongoing, though noticeably accelerated trial of the former Internal Affairs Minister, Yury Lutsenko, the court was again asked for the opportunity to read the alleged 50 statements from witnesses whose testimony was simply read out in court

2/2/2012 4:35:32 PM

On 2 February Special Force Berkut and Sokol officers, as well as people from the Prosecutor’s Office and Department for Fighting Organized Crime searched the offices of the television channel “Nova Odesa” [New Odessa].

2/2/2012 4:31:41 PM

The US Senate Committee on 1 February heard unequivocal calls for real measures in response to “democratic backsliding” in Ukraine

2/2/2012 5:11:16 PM

The Voroshylovsky Court in Donetsk has accepted as unlawful and revoked the decision of the City Council to close the Ukrainian language School No. 111. The City Council is refusing to comment but says it is planning to appeal the ruling.

2/1/2012 3:00:57 PM

Ukrainians who have suffered from doctors’ mistakes are normally pessimistic about their chances of gaining redress in domestic courts however at a press conference this week human rights activists demonstrated that justice can be found closer to home

2/1/2012 3:03:25 PM

If the Constitutional Court has ruled that a politician’s home is his fortress barricaded from the public by a double wall of metal and the right to privacy, there is no sense arguing. Putting the questions that are begging to be asked is much more efficient

2/1/2012 3:14:47 PM

Oleksy Svyetikov from the Luhansk Regional Branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine reports a worrying increase in interference as well as downright unlawful behaviour by Luhansk police officers with respect to civic activists

2/1/2012 3:10:29 PM

Stepan Sapelyak, poet, former dissident and political prisoner and participant in the national liberation movement has died. He was 59.

2/1/2012 2:11:52 PM

The Ukrainian authorities should immediately stop police harassment and threats against Somali asylum seekers held at the Zhuravychi Migrant Accommodation Centre, Human Rights Watch insists

2/1/2012 2:54:36 PM