Police continue to put pressure on Kharkiv civic organizations »»
Court upholds cancellation of frequencies and wants criminal proceedings initiated »»
MIA to consider a curfew for minors »»
Amendments made to the law on the coming elections »»
RWB call on Merkel to address the issue of freedom of speech when meeting Yanukovych »»
Minister believes Klymentyev was killed, perhaps with police involvement »»
Nico Lange never told why he was banned entry »»
Member of ruling coalition demands criminal liability for TVi »»

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When do you notice what isn’t there?
An overview of concerns over media, especially diminishing objectivity and fullness of information on television channels (sent to the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rapporteur on Ukraine, and many other EU, PACE officials and NGOs)
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Police try to attribute death of student in their custody to childhood injuries
Ihor Indylo, a student who should have turned 20 the next day died in police custody in May. He had committed no offence, went voluntarily to the police station, apparently after an altercation with a police officer living in the same student hostel. He died from head injuries and haemorrhaging.
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Discredited by Silence
In a number of interviews and statements last week, Anna Herman, Deputy Head of the President’s Administration, presented her understanding of freedom of speech and the situation in the country. It is possible she was still just in blithe holiday mode after a month away nonetheless one would not wish some of her remarks to mislead the reader.
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Outrage mounting over omnipresent SBU
A number of Ukrainian human rights defenders and political analysts have criticized encroachments by the Security Service [SBU] on freedom of speech and civic liberties.
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Police detain photographer from Internet publication “Levy Bereg”
On 20 August at the Kyiv metro station “Voksalna” [the railway station connection], police officers detained Max Levin, photographer on the staff of the Internet publication “Levy Bereg” [“Left Bank”]. According to the publication, the detention took place with no explanations given, directly in the metro vestibule. In response to Levin’s request, after he had shown his identification, for the officers to provide theirs, the latter refused, using rough phrases like “we’ll break your horns” and “too smart”.
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