The independent media rights group, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) , warned Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday against passing a bill that would criminalize libel. The bill, which passed on its first reading this week,...
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Europe human rights overseer urges open and honest elections in Ukraine
The head of the Council of Europe on Monday advocated for free and fair parliamentary elections in Ukraine as he condemned the imprisonment of former prime minister and opposition party leader Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website;...
Ukraine's highest court on Wednesday upheld the abuse of office conviction against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The country's Supreme Court reasoned that there would be...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held a hearing Tuesday on the appeal of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The hearing comes just one day before a...
Ukraine prosecutors urge court not to hear Tymoshenko appeal
Ukrainian prosecutors on Tuesday urged an appeals court not to hear the appeal of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in her corruption trial. Prosecutors told the court that Tymoshenko's trial had already established her...
Ukraine opposition suing president for crimes against Ukrainian people
A Ukrainian opposition group filed a lawsuit on Monday that seeks to charge President Viktor Yanukovych with crimes against the Ukrainian people. The lawsuit was filed by Batkivshchyna ,...
A Ukrainian court on Friday handed down a two-year prison sentence to the former interior minister under ex-Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . Yuriy Lutsenko was convicted and sentenced for negligence in authorizing an illegal...
Ukraine high court denies opposition leaders' appeals to run in parliamentary elections
Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday declined to overturn a lower court decision prohibiting former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former interior affairs minister Yuriy Lutsenko from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections....
A Ukrainian Court on Tuesday postponed the tax evasion trial of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko after she declined to participate in the trial via a video link. A lawyer for Tymoshenko said...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes Russian the official language in parts of former Soviet republic within the country. Opponents of the bill heavily criticized the move, condemning ...