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‘Wanted’ eastern European ‘mafioso’ times return to Portugal to skip justice
Borders control agency SEF finally arrested a Ukrainian man wanted in Portugal since 2003 on ‘charges related to terrorism’. But within less than 24-hours, the 61-year-old was free. The reason? He had timed his return to coincide with the exporty of judicial time limits: in this case, 15 years. Say reports, he was confident that when he...
Ukraine claims Russian coast guard vessel rammed its navy tugboat off coast of Crimea
Ukraine has accused Russia of using a coast guard vessel to ram one of its navy tugboats off the coast of the annexed Crimea. …read more Source: London Evening...
Revisited: Five years on, what has Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution achieved?
The “Winter on Fire” of 2013-2014 saw Ukrainians oust a kleptocratic leader in violent protests, in the name of closer ties with the EU and adherence to its values of good governance. What did they achieve? Our reporter Gulliver Cragg, who covered the protests at the time, went to meet some of those whose lives were profoundly...
Trans rights activists attacked with pepper spray during Ukraine march
Kiev demonstration was interrupted by far-right protesters who threw smoke bombs into the crowdTwo activists have been attacked with pepper spray in Kiev during a transgender rights march that was interrupted by dozens of far-right protesters.About 30 people were taking part in the demonstration in the Ukraine capital, holding rainbow flags and...
Ukraine is outsourcing law enforcement to private companies that don’t respect human rights
Odessa Municipal Guard dismantling decorative fencing on the territory of “Dom Pavlovyh” guest house. Photo by Konstontin Puzilovskiy, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A series of incidents involving Ukraine’s municipal guards are adding up one after another, with ever more citizens demanding they be outright banned. After the...
Serhii Plokhy: ‘Chernobyl exposed Soviet secrecy’
‘I remember the horror,’ says Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize-winner, who lived through the 1986 nuclear disasterSerhii Plokhy, who on Wednesday won the Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize for Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, always intended to write about the world’s worst nuclear disaster, not least because he lived through it. “I...
Attack by municipal guards signals rising threats against journalists in Ukraine
A member of the Municipal Guard attacks a journalist with teargas. Photo by Tomikage via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) The year 2018 has thus far been a difficult one for journalists in Ukraine. On June 4, 2018, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir issued a public statement condemning Ukraine’s Spokesperson of the...
Ukraine activist Kateryna Handzyuk dies from acid attack
Campaigner’s death sparks protests and EU concern about violence against civil societyA Ukrainian anti-corruption activist has died from wounds caused by an acid attack, sparking local protests and concern from European officials over growing violence against civil society.Kateryna Handzyuk’s investigations into police graft and...
What’s happened to digital rights over the past seven years? 300 editions of the Netizen Report will tell you
Protests in Budapest, October 2014. Photo by Marietta Le, used with permission. The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in internet rights around the world. This week, we’re looking back at seven years of covering global digital rights news in celebration of our 300th edition!...
Russia blocks access to Sea of Azov in Ukraine dispute
Russia is stopping ships moving into the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea after three Ukrainian boats intruded into Russian territorial waters. Russian media said a cargo ship has been placed under the Kerch Strait bridge. …read more Source: Deutsche...
