Amnesty International is calling on the Ukrainian authorities to immediately establish an independent agency to investigate police abuses following the commitment made on Friday by President Viktor Yanukovych to reforming the police ahead of Euro 2012.   In a speech to senior officers ahead of...

Endemic abuse by Ukraine’s police force needs to be strongly challenged during the EU-Ukraine summit on 19 December, Amnesty International said today.Monday’s planned summit in Kyiv has been a source of diplomatic tension as the EU continues to criticise Ukraine’s politically motivated prosecution...

A former Ukrainian prime minister jailed today for abuse of office must be released, Amnesty International said today.Yuliya Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Kyiv court for signing a multi-million dollar energy contract with Russia in January 2009, while she was Prime...

An investigation into the death in custody of a Ukrainian student is seriously flawed, Amnesty International said today after a court effectively cleared two police officers of responsibility for his death.Ihor Indilo, 19, died from a fractured skull and internal bleeding on 17 May 2010 after being...

Amnesty International has urged the Ukraine authorities to stop the harassment of a trade union activist who remains in hiding after a court ordered him to undergo a forced psychiatric examination last week.A court in Vinnytsya, south west Ukraine on 29 October granted the order for an examination...

The Ukrainian authorities have vowed to ensure accountability for human rights violations in response to Amnesty International’s recommendations to newly-elected President Viktor Yanukovych and his government. Following the publication of Amnesty International’s briefing, Put deeds before words:...

Amnesty International has welcomed the release of the Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh, who has been held in a pre-trial detention centre in Ukraine for two and a half years. Igor Koktysh had been detained in Ukraine since June 2007 when Belarus requested his extradition...

Amnesty International has urged the Ukrainian authorities not to extradite to Russia a Chechen refugee amid fears he would be at risk of torture and other grave human rights violations. Ahmed Chataev, who had reportedly been tortured by Russian forces after he was detained in Chechnya during...

Amnesty International has urged the Ukrainian authorities to comply with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling calling for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh. Igor Koktysh has been detained in Ukraine since June 2007, when Belarus requested his...

The Ukraine authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Belarusian musician and activist Igor Koktysh, detained for over two years for the peaceful expression of his beliefs, said Amnesty International. The organization also urged that Igor Koktysh should not be forcibly returned to...

The Ukrainian government forcibly returned 11 ethnic Tamil asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka this week. It is feared that their return to Sri Lanka will expose them to the risk of serious human rights violations including torture and ill treatment. Amnesty International has strongly condemned Ukraine’s...