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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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!...
Russian Embassy criticises Mikser’s support of MH17 report
The Russian Embassy in Tallinn on Tuesday criticized Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser (SDE), who recently stated that the international investigative committee report regarding the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) above Eastern Ukraine in 2014 was clear evidence that the Russian Armed Forces were directly involved in the...
SNP MP mounts more pressure on Alex Salmond to quit RT show
The SNP’s defence spokesman Stewart McDonald has called for greater engagement in Europe’s “forgotten war” in Ukraine – and warned his own party to be wary of the “dangerous instrument” of Russian propaganda. …read more Source: The...
Premier League transfer news: Kylian Mbappe, Riyad Mahrez, Christian Eriksen
Description Kylian Mbappe played for France in the 2-0 win against Ireland last night Credits Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Man City transfer news Kylian Mbappe PSG Champions Manchester City are close to sealing a deal for Mahrez and could also move for Mbappe …read more Source: The...
