The Luhansk People’s Republic doesn't need independent unions and registering them is now prohibited The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign is pleased to present to the labour movement this exclusive interview with Mykola Koziuberda leader of the Independent Union of Miners (NPG) at the Nikanor Nova mine of the Luhansk Coal Association. NPG is facing a serious attack on trade … Continue reading Exclusive Interview with leader of the Independent Miners Union – Luhansk
MINERS UNION ON THE ATTACK ON TRADE UNION FREEDOM IN LUHANSK
The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign continues with our previous report on the banning of the Independent Trade Union of Miners (NPG) by the forces who control the self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk Peoples Republic’. This is a serious attack on trade union freedom in this area of Ukraine. We publish below in full the latest report from the NPG … Continue reading MINERS UNION ON THE ATTACK ON TRADE UNION FREEDOM IN LUHANSK
UNIONS BANNED BY PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN LUHANSK
Independent trade unions are now banned in the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic’ – the Order was issued on 20th January2015 by the Minster of Justice A.V. Shubin entitled: “Concerning the Ban for Registration of Independent Trade Unions on the Territory of the People’s Republic of Luhansk Peoples Republic”. The order has become fully apparent as … Continue reading UNIONS BANNED BY PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN LUHANSK
MINSK II: LAND FOR A CEASEFIRE, BUT NOT FOR PEACE
By Marko Bojcun Observer Ukraine The “Package of measures to implement the Minsk Accords” (see the full text in Russianhttp://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2015/02/12/7058327/ ) agreed in Minsk on 12 February contains thirteen clauses and an explanatory note. Let’s go through them one by one and ask ourselves what they mean. An immediate and comprehensive ceasefire beginning at 00h … Continue reading MINSK II: LAND FOR A CEASEFIRE, BUT NOT FOR PEACE
Political Prisoner Kolchenko Refused Recognition as a Ukrainian Citizen
Simferopol Aqmescit in Crimea declined the legal request of political prisoner Aleksandr Kolchenko to recognize him as a Ukrainian national. Left-wing and antifascist activist Aleksandr #Tundra Kolchenko was arrested less than a month after the annexation of #Crimea and did not apply for changing his citizenship. Nevertheless, he is now considered a Russian citizen by … Continue reading Political Prisoner Kolchenko Refused Recognition as a Ukrainian Citizen
Report on the human rights mission to the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group [KHPG], together with the German NGO ‘European Exchange’ and representatives of NGOs from the Russian Federation and Germany with the support of the German Foreign Ministry, carried out an international mission to monitor human rights in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on territory which is back under Ukrainian control. … Continue reading Report on the human rights mission to the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression
Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group UPDATE A search by men in masks carrying machine guns began at around 7 a.m. on Friday morning, and is still underway. The enforcement officers are reported to be not letting people in and out and behaving in an extremely aggressive manner Akhtem Chyyhoz, Deputy Head of the … Continue reading Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression
Ukrainian Miners Union Demands Action on the Crisis
The leadership of the Ukrainian Miners Union PRUP has presented a series of demands to address the deepening crisis facing the mining industry in Ukraine. Unions of Coal-Mining Industry Employees of Ukraine Central Committee D E C I S I O N Subject: Progress of employees demands implementing by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine … Continue reading Ukrainian Miners Union Demands Action on the Crisis
Trade Unions call for their burnt HQ to be a Museum of the Euromaidan
The Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) has called for the House of Trade Unions, which was burned by the Security Police during the Euromaidan protest on 20th February 2014 to become a permanent museum dedicated to the Revolution of Dignity. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign published below a letter sent to us by the FPU … Continue reading Trade Unions call for their burnt HQ to be a Museum of the Euromaidan
Ukrainian blogger accused of treason
10.02.15 | Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Group A court in Ivano-Frankivsk has remanded controversial blogger Ruslan Kotsaba in custody for 2 months. While journalists are among those condemning Kotsaba’s public pronouncements and actions, his detention and the charges against him – of treason and of obstructing the work of the armed forces - have … Continue reading Ukrainian blogger accused of treason
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