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
Outrage over police brutality against rights activist and journalists
Civic and media organizations are demanding a full investigation into the incident on Thursday night when Luhansk human rights activist and correspondent for Informator.lg.ua, Kostyantyn Reulsky was beaten after he and two journalists were stopped by traffic police officers whom they believe to have been former Berkut officers. Reutsky, Anastasia Stanko from Hromadske Radio and … Continue reading Outrage over police brutality against rights activist and journalists
Donbas Seperatist leaders brand ’Kyiv Junta’ “Miserable Jews”
03.02.15 | Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Distasteful anti-Semitism demonstrated by Kremlin-backed militant leaders Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky in Donbas on Monday received wide but typically inadequate coverage. The attack made by the leaders of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ on the ‘miserable’ Jews running Ukraine was not proof that … Continue reading Donbas Seperatist leaders brand ’Kyiv Junta’ “Miserable Jews”
Russian woman charged with ‘treason’ for reporting soldiers sent to Ukraine
Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group After months in which the Russian authorities have tried to conceal information about Russian soldiers fighting and dying in Ukraine, a Smolensk mother of seven is in detention facing charges of treason for trying to divulge this ‘state secret’. Svetlana Davydova is in the Lefortovo Prison in Moscow facing … Continue reading Russian woman charged with ‘treason’ for reporting soldiers sent to Ukraine
Mine-workers voice was heard!
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign had received the following update from PRUP in Dnipropetrovsk. The representatives of participants held a meeting with a head of government Mr. Arseniy Yatsenuk On 28 January 2015, at 14:00 hrs, a meeting of the working group with Mr. Arseniy Yatsenuk was held. Representatives of protest action participants from mining enterprises submitted … Continue reading Mine-workers voice was heard!
PRUP: MINE-WORKERS ARE PICKETING THE CABINET OF MINISTERS
Yesterday Ukraine Solidarity Campaign carried reports on the miners protests from our friends at the NGPU affiliated to KVPU. We have also received direct reports from our friends in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from PRUP which is affiliated to the Federation of Trade Union (FPU). On 28 January 2015, mine-workers from different parts of Ukraine came … Continue reading PRUP: MINE-WORKERS ARE PICKETING THE CABINET OF MINISTERS
MINERS FROM ACROSS UKRAINE DEMAND NO PIT CLOSURES!
The Ukrainian miners are currently in a major struggle against pit closures with a possible loss of 50,000 jobs! On April 28th Over 1,500 miners picketed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Among them - the members of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NPGU) which is part of the Confederation of Free Trade … Continue reading MINERS FROM ACROSS UKRAINE DEMAND NO PIT CLOSURES!
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