The President has pardoned 60 convicts

Since the beginning of the year, the President has signed seven Decrees pardoning 575 people.

Court decision regarding the illegal actions of the bodies of inquiry, pre-trial investigation, the Prosecutor's Office, and the court in the Kharkiv region in relation to citizen I. V. Oliynyk.

The plaintiff, I. V. Oliynyk, appealed to the court with a claim against the Prosecutor's Office of the Kharkiv region for compensation for damage caused by the illegal actions of the bodies of inquiry, pre-trial investigation, the Prosecutor's Office, and the court. He was detained on suspicion of committing a robbery and intentional homicide. During the preliminary investigation, systematic beatings and torture were applied to the plaintiff, under the influence of which he was forced to write a confession and admit his guilt in crimes in which he was not involved. The prosecutor's office allowed a whole series of gross violations of the law during the investigation. By the court's decision of 19 June 2008, the plaintiff must be compensated at the expense of funds from the state budget of Ukraine for moral damage in the amount of

Once More Regarding Parcels and Deliveries for Convicts

As of today, both the Criminal Executive Code of Ukraine and a Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine exist; they simultaneously, yet differently, regulate the right of convicts to receive parcels (deliveries) and small packages.

Human Rights Watch Calls on Vinnytsia Prison Officials Not to Sue Human Rights Defenders

Prison authorities in Vinnytsia must immediately withdraw their lawsuit against the Vinnytsia Human Rights Group. This is stated in a declaration by the international organization Human Rights Watch, the text of which is at the disposal of UNIAN.

The Inaction of Certain Officials Provokes Inaction Among Prisoners

The Public Council under the Departmental Administration in the Donetsk Region considered the issue of establishing educational institutions in colonies

Vinnitsa Human Rights Group filed an objection to the statement of claim

Vinnitsa Human Rights Group filed an objection to the statement of claim of the Stryzhavka Penal Colony (text)

Stryzhavka Penal Colony filed a lawsuit against the Vinnitsa Human Rights Group

Statement of claim regarding the protection of honour, dignity, and business reputation of a legal entity (text)

In the Mykytivka colony, malicious regime violators scratched themselves

In the Mykytivka general-regime colony (city of Horlivka, Donetsk region), 9 prisoners staged a group act of self-harm.

General characteristics of the State Penitentiary Service and penal institutions in the Lviv region

The information was prepared based on the outcomes of the project ‘Development of Civil Society in Ukraine’, implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and ISAR Ednannia with financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The charitable foundation ‘Samodopomoha’ implemented the project ‘Assisting the public in protecting human rights in penal institutions of the Lviv region’.

The Public in the OSCE Project

During 2007–2008, within the framework of the “Development of Civil Society in Ukraine” project, implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and ISAR “Ednannia” with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Charitable Foundation “Samodopomoha” carried out the project “Assisting the Public in Protecting Human Rights in Penitentiary Institutions of the Lviv Region”.

“Men Against Violence” – in Correctional Colonies

The Kherson public organization “Men Against Violence” has been working for over a year with convicts located in the correctional colonies of our region. During this time, a documentary film, “Doors”, was shot, and a “Guide for People Released from Places of Deprivation of Liberty” was developed and printed.

Blood in the isolation ward...

In the Sverdlovsk high-security colony No. 38 (Luhansk region), a mass suicide attempt by prisoners in the isolation ward occurred.