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Breaking Bodies: Torture and Summary Killings in Eastern Ukraine
Overwhelming evidence of ongoing war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners, serve as a stark reminder of the brutal practices being committed on a near-daily basis in eastern Ukraine’s conflict, Amnesty International said in a comprehensive new briefing today.
May 21, 2015
Report
State of the World 2014/2015
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones. Governments pay lip service to the importance of protecting civilians. And yet the world's politicians have miserably failed to protect those in greatest need. Amnesty International believes that this can and must finally change.
February 25, 2015
Report
Summary Killings During the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
An Amnesty International investigation into allegations of execution-style and other deliberate killings by pro-Russian separatists and pro-Kyiv forces has found evidence of isolated incidents attributable to both sides, but not on the scale reported by Russian media and authorities. Summary killing during the conflict in eastern Ukraine, presents the findings of research conducted in eastern Ukraine (Donbass) in late August and late September 2014 and interviews with victims of human rights abuses and their families, eyewitnesses, local officials in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, medical personnel and combatants on both sides.
October 19, 2014
Press Release
Amnesty International Experts Available for Interviews on Violence in Ukraine
Amnesty International experts in Kyiv and London are monitoring the continuing violence between anti-government protesters and security forces in central Kyiv that has taken the lives of at least 25 people.
February 19, 2014
Report
Annual Report: Ukraine 2013
Ukraine Head of state Viktor Yanukovich Head of government Mykola Azarov Torture and other ill-treatment remained widespread, and impunity for such acts continued. Failings in the criminal justice system led to lengthy periods of pre-trial detention, and a lack of safeguards for detainees. Refugees and asylum-seekers risked detention and forcible return to countries where they faced human rights violations. The rights of LGBTI individuals were at risk. Torture and other ill-treatment There were continuing reports of torture and other ill-treatment in police detention. In a report on a visit to Ukraine in 2011, published in November, the Council of Europe…
May 29, 2013
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Nothing To Be Proud Of: Discrimination Against LGBTI People In Ukraine
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people in Ukraine continue to face discrimination, and many are targeted for violence and abuse by public officials and members of the public. International and European human rights law prohibits discrimination - when someone is treated differently, in law or in practice, in a way that impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of their rights - because of a characteristic such as ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. These characteristics are described as 'prohibited grounds for discrimination' under international law. Ukraine is failing to protect the basic rights of LGBTI people such…
May 20, 2013
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Ukraine: Don’t stop halfway. Government must use new Criminal Procedure Code to end torture.
The Ukrainian authorities must seize the current political opportunity to stop the high level of torture and other ill treatment being carried out by its police force by creating a genuinely independent, impartial and effective institution to investigate complaints against the police.
April 15, 2013
Press Release
Ukraine Must Reject Planned Anti-Gay Laws
The draft laws, which purport to protect children by denying them information on homosexuality, contravene Ukraine's international obligations to protect the right to non-discrimination.
July 5, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Ukraine Authorities to Implement Police Criminality Law Ahead of Euro 2012
Amnesty International today urges Ukraine authorities to begin implementing a law which paves the way for independent investigations into allegations of police violence ahead of the Euro 2012.
May 15, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls On Ukraine to Stop Police Criminality or Risk Euro 2012 Fan Abuse
Amnesty International today called for urgent reforms within the Ukrainian police ahead of the Euro 2012 soccer competition, in the wake of the robbery and severe beating of two men by six officers in Lviv on April 21.
April 30, 2012
Press Release
Ukraine Must Release Somali Asylum-Seekers, says Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the Ukrainian authorities to release Somali nationals who are currently on a hunger strike in protest at being detained for up to a year "for the purposes of deportation" following court orders issued in December of last year.
January 19, 2012
Press Release
Ukraine Must Launch Fresh Investigation into Student Death in Custody, Says Amnesty International
The Ukrainian authorities must launch a fresh investigation into the death in custody of a student, Amnesty International said after two police officers suspected of responsibility for his death yesterday walked free following a court hearing in Kyiv.
January 6, 2012