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Public Committee against Political Persecution in Ukraine
The Committee is a non party, apolitical association of human rights defenders from the Soviet period, (Yevhen Sverstyuk; (Myroslav Marynovych; Josif Zisels; Vasyl Ovsiyenko; Iryna Rapp; Yevhen Zakharov) and from today's Ukraine.  »»»
NEWS 
[16.03.12]
Verkhovna Rada fails to elect a Human Rights Ombudsperson »»
[05.03.12]
Students detained for pasting anti-Yanukovych posters »»
[17.02.12]
Court cancels order closing Dorozhny Kontrol website »»
[13.02.12]
Another police interrogation of a journalist over Yanukovych billboards »»
[26.01.12]
21-year-old dies in Kyiv Remand Prison, supposedly electrocuted »»
[19.01.12]
Lutsenko trial: new speed record in questioning witnesses »»
[13.01.12]
Anti-Stalin billboards in Zaporizhya »»
[12.01.12]
Ex-ua on why it blocked spoof on Yanukovych »»

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ARTICLES
Other issues 
 17.05.12
Ukraine: Authorities must start to implement police criminality law ahead of Euro 2012
A new law which paves the way for independent investigations into allegations of police violence in Ukraine must be enforced in order to curb widespread police criminality in the country ahead of Euro 2012, Amnesty International said.
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The right to life 
 16.05.12
Case over death of Ihor Indylo sent for further investigation
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has ordered further investigation in the criminal prosecution of two police officers charged of involvement in the death of Ihor Indylo in the Shevchenkivsky Police Station in Kyiv in May 2010.
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Other issues 
 16.05.12
Legal Aid Lawyer Serhiy Medvedev
Tetyana Pechonchyk from the Human Rights Information Centre has interviewed Kharkiv lawyer Serhiy Medvedev, whose name has often appeared here in connection with his defence of Yakiv Strogan. It is thanks to Serhiy Medvedev that Strogan was finally, after 14 months in custody, released in March this year.
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Elections 
 14.05.12
Resolutions incompatible with Democratic Choice
The trials of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and members of her government are widely seen as aimed at neutralizing political opponents. Outrage is understandable since such methods have no place in a democracy.
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Other issues 
 14.05.12
Do the Police learn by their mistakes?
On 10 May the results were presented of the nationwide monitoring campaign “Police under Scrutiny» which began this year on 31 March in 12 oblasts after a pilot run in November last year. The campaign is being run by the Association of Ukrainian Association of Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement which prepared the guidelines for public monitoring, as well as carried out training sessions for NGO activists and journalists.
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