Fears of a rise in exploitation of minors »»
Monitoring Committee: changes to Law on Elections of the President of Ukraine should be adopted without delay »»
Belarusian activist Igor Koktysh held unlawfully in Ukraine for 2 years »»
Parliament’s attempt to cancel the Ternopil elections was unconstitutional »»
Venice Commission: Opinion on proposal for a new version of the Constitution »»
Criminal liability introduced for possession of pornography »»
Human rights voice heeded: no fingerprints from foreign nationals »»
Ministry of Justice makes GRECO report public »»

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For those who couldn’t return
Each year migratory birds find their way home. Only cranes in my mind are somehow always flying far off into the horizon. Illogical of course, and my theme, anyway, is political struggle, slogans, calls of “Ukraine for Ukrainians”. Yet beyond the human cacophony, it is another cry which endures: the cry as the cranes fly away: “I will die in a foreign land”. The Ukrainian poet and author of these words, Bohdan Lepky lies buried in Poland, in Krakow. His words have for decades been a requiem, a last farewell for Ukrainians in Poland, Hungary, across all the seas.
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A Wave rising on the Dniester
The environmental organizations “Zeleny svit” [“Green World”] has announced the beginning of a civic campaign entitled “Dniester Environmental Wave” which has already been joined by 29 civic organizations from Kyiv, as well as 21 regions of Ukraine.
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Roundtable: Human rights in the work of the law enforcement agencies
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union cordially invites you to a roundtable on human rights in the work of the law enforcement agencies on 6 July 2009. The event will also be an opportunity to see and receive a copy of the latest human rights organizations’ reports Human Rights in Ukraine – 2008, which will be available to all participants in Ukrainian or English.
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Human Rights in Ukraine – 2008
The latest Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union report produced with the cooperation of 30 human rights organizations from all regions of Ukraine was made public today, 25 June 2009 in Kyiv. The presentation came on the eve of International Day in support of Victims of Torture. No accident since the continuing use of torture and ill-treatment remains a serious problem in Ukraine.
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Persistently upholding freedom of speech
The Karas Gallery and Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union [UHHRU] have initiated a protest initiative “Uporno” [“Persistently”, “Determinedly”]. Their aim is to convince the President of the need to veto the law introducing amendments to Article 301 of the Criminal Code which impose criminal liability for possession of works, images or other items of a pornographic nature in order to sell or circulate them.
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