Tag: Open Dialogue

The persecution of political opponents and independent journalists, torture during interrogations, non-compliance with laws and corruption in the justice system – this was the situation observed by representatives of the Polish Bar Council who went on a mission into Kazakhstan

Wysokie Obcasy, the Gazeta Wyborcza supplement, contains an article about the help for Maidaners provided by Ukrainian women living in Poland.

On 1 April, 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is to vote on the adoption of the Law ‘On the rights and freedoms of citizens in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine’.

Flags of the Russian Federation are hoisted in all military facilities in the Crimea. Ukrainian servicemen are leaving the territory of the peninsula. Negotiations are also being carried out regarding an unimpeded withdrawal of logistics (including weapons and ships).

On 1 April, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the ‘Kozatskiy’ hotel (1/3 Mikhaylovskaya Street, Kyiv), The Open Dialogue Foundation will host an international conference entitled ‘Lustration: solutions for Ukraine’.

We are deeply concerned over the deterioration of the international reputation of Ukraine connected to the extradition of refugees and prisoners of conscience to countries with a low level of democracy.

Speaking on Polish radio as part of the ‘Muzyczna Jedynka’ programme, the musicians of the Taraka band spoke about helping Ukraine in cooperation with Open Dialogue Foundation.

Dziennikpolski24.pl informs of the support shown by the Open Dialogue Foundation to five families from Crimea.

The Polish Press Agency publishes a telegraph on the support shown by the Open Dialogue Foundation to Crimean refugees.

Representatives of the Open Dialogue Foundation have analysed the locations which are ready to receive Tatar families, organised by the local partners of the foundation.

Gazeta Wyborcza has published an article about the mission in support of refugees from Crimea, organised by the ODF.

For the purposes of the Ukrainian armed forces, guarding the eastern border, we have provided uniforms and means of life protection.

Marian Prysiazhniuk, volunteer with the Open Dialogue Foundation, as part of ODF mission in Ukraine organised the flights of seven patients to Poland in order so they can undergo medical treatment.

Due to several penalties imposed on human rights defender, Vadim Kuramshin and possible further provocations, he may be refused a transfer to a more lenient ‘general regime’ within his penal colony.

Since the beginning of March, the Open Dialogue Foundation has been running a project providing support to the families of the injured who fought on Maidan and are now receiving treatment in Polish hospitals.