Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars face raids and arrests under Russian occupation 7 Sep 2021 Detaining one of the Crimean Tatars who came to seek the whereabouts of Nariman Dzhelyal and four other men who had disappeared after being taken away by the FSB Photo…
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Socialist who exposed Russia’s hypocrisy about Ukraine gets 6-year sentence for social media posts 7 Jun 20217 Jun 2021 Darya Polyudova in 2014 with a placard reading Ukraine, we are with you, in court in 2021 (second photo from Grani.ru) By Halya Coynash - republished from Kharkiv Human Rights…
Crimea Crimean left activist arrested, drugged and charged with ‘extremism’ 25 Feb 201925 Feb 2019 Valery Bolshakov, Chairman of the Workers’ Union of Sevastopol outside the 'court' in Sevastopol on 22.02.2019 Photo Krym.org The ‘trial’ is continuing in Russian-occupied Crimea of Valery Bolshakov, a left-wing…
C14… Neo-Nazi C14 vigilantes appear to work with Kyiv police in latest ‘purge’ of Roma 25 Oct 2018 Members of the neo-Nazi C14 movement, together with the ‘Kyiv Municipal Watch’ civic organization which is led by C14 activist Serhiy Bondar, have carried out another raid, driving Roma citizens…
Ukrainian Far-Right… Dangerous Turn With New Far Right Militia in Partnership with Ukraine Police’s 30 Jan 201830 Jan 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvm2O1TgAw In a new dangerous turn 600 members of a new self-proclaimed National Guard ( Національні Дружини ) marched through the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on 28 January. Comprised of ex-members of…
Odessa May 2nd… ‘Clear Signs of Sabotage’ in Odessa 2 May Investigation 5 Feb 2016 Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group 20 months after the deadly disturbances and fire in Odesa on May 2, 2014, Ukraine’s law enforcement bodies have not only failed to properly…
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group… Human Rights body demands no Police collaboration with Azov xenophobes 5 Feb 2016 Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Xenophobic statements just issued by members of the Azov Regiment can only compound mounting concern over reported collaboration between police and Azov Civic Corps…
Jewish Pogrom… “Jewish pogroms in Ukraine” that we all missed 26 Jun 2015 BY Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Russia’s Foreign Ministry is again aware of ‘pogroms’ that experienced researchers of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in Ukraine and human rights groups would seem…
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group President signs dangerously flawed ‘decommunization’ laws 22 May 2015 Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group President Poroshenko has signed highly contentious laws one of which effectively criminalizes public expression of views held by many Ukrainians. The assurance given…
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group… Continuing Obstruction of Odessa May 2 Investigation 14 Mar 2015 Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Court rejection of a suit demanding access to forensic material connected with the events in Odessa on May 2, 2014 may not be breaking…
