President Petro Poroshenko 11 Bankova street 01220 Kyiv Ukraine 26 June 2014 Mr President, We, the undersigned members and partners of the Human Rights House Network (HRHN), condemned in the strongest terms human rights violations which took place...
CATEGORY: Ukraine
Blunt instruments: Media repression in the Ukraine crisis
The sentencing of journalists for doing their jobs in Egypt has prompted an international outcry. But what happens when journalists are prevented from doing their jobs freely? Nicholas Williams reports

Ukraine: Poroshenko win a sign of national unity but not a final remedy
Ukrainians have a long way to go to ensure the Maidan protests change more than just the name of the president and faces of the governmental officials, writes Andrei Aliaksandrau

Three things we know about Ukraine’s media freedom crisis
Ukraine is seeing a “concerning pattern of grave violations of media freedom commitments” warns OSCE media freedom representative

Ukraine: Showing solidarity for a country in crisis
On the eve of the Ukrainian election, intellectuals gathered in Kiev to discuss the country’s ongoing crisis

The art of protest in Euromaidan
During protests, street-art became a barometer of social consciousness. Scrawled words and images reflect changing attitudes and a disdain for authority. Morgan Meaker writes

Ukraine pages blocked on “Russian Facebook”
Authorities have have banned 13 sites said to be promoting Ukrainian nationalist groups

Ukraine: “It is all about the right to live in a free country”
As the conflict in Kiev continues to unfold, Ukrainian civil society activists tell Index negotiations and urgent reaction of the international community are vital to resolve the crisis, Andrei Aliaksandrau writes

Ukraine: Press targeted and attacked by police
At least 26 journalists were injured during the clashes between the police and protesters in Kiev, Andrei Aliaksandrau writes

Ukraine: Authorities target Euromaidan activists with new repressive law
Legislation passed today seriously restricts freedom of expression and assembly, in a move the country’s civil society calls “a constitutional coup d’état”, Andrei Aliaksandrau writes