On the work of the Chernihiv City Oversight Commission in 2008

On 29 January 2009, in the conference hall of the executive committee of Chernihiv City Council, a review of the Chernihiv City Oversight Commission's work in 2008 was held, attended by members of the city oversight commission, city council deputies, representatives of the public and the media.

Access to Legal Knowledge in the Kovel Juvenile Correction Colony

Three out of four inmates at the Kovel Juvenile Correction Colony know that they are entitled to only one phone call every three months. This and many other conclusions are presented in a study by the Volyn Youth Rights Protection Association.

Torture by starvation, cold and beatings of detainees at Nikopol detention centre confirmed

Nina Karpachova fully supports the position of the regional prosecutor's office, which has opened a criminal case concerning the infliction of bodily injuries on persons held at Nikopol detention centre under the jurisdiction of the regional Interior Ministry

Protest action

On 22.01.09 the All-Ukrainian Public Organisation Centre for the Protection of Human Rights 'Freedom' held a 'Fist' protest action

Investigation has begun in Kalmykia into the beating of prisoners

Information is being received that prisoners at the correctional colony settlement OL 27/3 located in the village of Tsagan-Usn in Yashkul District of Kalmykia are allegedly regularly beaten by Federal Prison Service staff.

Ninety per cent of prisoners in Russia are ill?

In places of deprivation of liberty in Russia there are 795,000 persons suffering from various diseases, according to a representative of the Federal Prison Service of Russia Alla Kuznetsova.

With holy water upon prison walls

Each of more than five hundred convicted prisoners at Mykolaiv Correctional Colony No. 50, located in the village of Zaklad, Lviv Region, on Sunday, 18 January, on the second day of the Orthodox Christmas fast, had a bowl of kutya, four pampushky with poppy and cherry, plum and apple preserves, and a cup of uzvar on their dinner table.

The entire penal system is satisfied with the situation currently prevailing in it

Dear Mr Bukalov! Do you truly believe that our so-called 'guarantor' is in any way dedicated to the values of human rights? It is a myth…. COMMENTARY on a letter to the President of Ukraine

Analysis of the Survey Results of Staff at SIZO No. 13 in Kyiv

The International Society for Human Rights – Ukrainian Section (ISHR – US) completed the project "Transparency of the Process of Isolation of Persons in ITT (Temporary Detention Centres) and SIZO (Pre-trial Detention Centres) in Ukraine (2006 – 2007)." Within the framework of the Project, monitoring of the state of implementation of the rights and freedoms of persons held in SIZO in Kyiv and working therein was conducted.

Conditions of detention in a remand prison. Monitoring

The International Society for Human Rights – Ukrainian Section (ISHR-US) has monitored the state of the observance of the rights and freedoms of individuals held in the remand prison (SIZO) of Kyiv, as well as the conditions of their detention in this special institution.

Will the President finally hear the human rights defenders?

Human rights defenders insist on the disclosure of the President of Ukraine's position regarding brutal violations of human rights in the criminal and penal system, appealing to him for the third time with an open letter. In their view, only in this way can he demonstrate his commitment to the values of human rights.

St. Nicholas Day celebration at the Chernihiv Women’s Prison

On St. Nicholas Day, members of the charitable organisation ‘Chernihiv Women’s Human Rights Centre’, together with representatives of the Chernihiv City Supervisory Commission and People’s Deputy of Ukraine G. V. Mankovsky, held a charity event at the Children’s House of the Chernihiv Women’s Prison.