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‘International institutions must protect Ukrainians from abductions and executions’, Ukrainian SCOs

14.03.2022

The appeal was published on March 14 https://zmina.ua/statements/mizhnarodni-struktury-mayut-zahystyty-ukrayincziv-vid-vykraden-ta-strat-gromadskist/ Official addresses of the institutions to which we appeal:[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] APPEAL to the international community on abductions and executions of Ukrainian activists, journalists, and local government officials in Russian-occupied territories We, representatives of Ukrainian NGOs, appeal to the international community in connection with the abductions and executions […]

Bartosz Kramek: Next Target in the Campaign Against the Open Dialogue Foundation in Poland

17.01.2022

1. Summary The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), founded in 2009 in Poland, is a European NGO fighting for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the post-Soviet area and, more recently, within the EU, focusing on stopping the rise of authoritarianism and the far-right in states like Poland and Hungary. Before 2017 the Foundation was known […]

Shortcomings in the law enforcement system of Ukraine exemplified by the investigation of attacks on civil activists

20.11.2020

On 12 November 2020, the FightBack legal self-help chat-bot was presented in Kyiv, which was designed to provide free assistance to victims of law enforcement agencies’ inaction and to collect information about the cases of inaction. The chat-bot was created as a result of a series of interviews with activists who were victims of violent attacks in different regions of Ukraine after 2014.

Statement on the unacceptability of political pressure on the investigation into attacks on public activist Serhiy Sternenko

27.03.2020

We, human rights organisations, call upon law enforcement authorities to investigate fairly the circumstances of attacks on Serhiy Sternenko. We would also ask politicians, officials and other parties not involved in the proceedings to refrain from interfering in the investigation.

Debate: “Politics of Hate and Harassment in the Public Sphere – How to Counter Them?”

20.05.2019

On 8 May 2019 in Warsaw, we held a debate on the politics of hate and attacks in the public sphere in Poland. The attendance success of the event exceeded our expectations — the audience, including media representatives, numbered around 100 people, leaving the 50-seat hall bursting at the seams. We apologise most sincerely for […]

Open Dialog supported an open letter that calls to end attacks on anti-corruption activists in Ukraine

20.07.2018

Ukrainian civil society members published an open letter, addressing the Ukrainian authorities and law enforcement agencies, calling to end the attacks on the Anti-Corruption Action Center and its head Vitaliy Shabunin.

Sentsov was deemed to be a Russian citizen

16.12.2014

The Open Dialogue Foundation received a reply to the inquiry regarding the case of Sentsov, Kolchenko and Afanasiyev from the Office of the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation.

A written inquiry on the Crimean activists

11.12.2014

Member of the European Parliament, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, filed a written inquiry with the European Commission regarding the Ukrainian activists, abducted from the territory of Crimea: Oleg Sentsov, Gennadiy Afanasyev, Aleksey Chirniy and Alexander Kolchenko.