The Provincial Administrative Court ordered the Head of the Office for Foreigners to produce a substantive assessment of the rationale behind the entry ban instated on Lyudmyla Kozlovska.Thus, the Law and Justice (PiS) government suffered its third defeat in court in its dispute with the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation before the Provincial Administrative Court […]
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Topic: Law enforcement and security services
Russia abducts a young disabled Ukrainian and charges him with terrorism
On August 24, 2017, Pavlo Gryb, a Ukrainian citizen, disappeared in Belarus. Two weeks later it became known that he was in a detention facility in Russia. According to Gryb, some persons unknown to him forcefully took him out of Belarus and brought him to Krasnodar (Russia)
Appeal concerning the enforced disappearance of Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb
On August 24, 2017, Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb (age 19) went missing in the Republic of Belarus. As of September the 4th 2017 his whereabouts remain unknown. Belarus authorities confirmed the border crossing; however did not confirm his arrest or detention.
New names on “Savchenko List”
Due to the recent extremely worrying developments and following consultations with Nadiya Savchenko’s lawyers, as well as with the representatives of the Russian opposition and civil society we have decided to broaden the “Savchenko List” with new names and to make it public.
Russian opposition calls for “Savchenko List”
At the end of the Free Russia Forum the participating representatives of the Russian opposition and civil society adopted a resolution supporting the call for the introduction of personal sanctions against individuals responsible for the persecution of the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko.
Statement: provocation in the “Ukrainian World” centre
At around 18:45 on 10 September 2015, an explosion and fire broke out in the “Ukrainian World” centre at 63, Nowy Świat in Warsaw. The relevant services arrived on the scene: firefighters put out the fire and the police cordoned off the crime scene and began an investigation. No one was injured in the incident. […]
Intimidating Open Dialogue
Tracking of volunteers, threats and offers of bribes. The Foundation awaits the reaction of the Internal Security Agency. Russian propaganda is hitting the Open Dialogue Foundation, which is fighting for human rights in Kazakhstan and Ukraine, among other places. The Foundation is interested, among other things, in the Russian TV channel Kanal 5, which tried […]
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation considered Sentsov to be a Ukrainian citizen
Oleg Sentsov, Oleksiy Chirniy, Gennadiy Afanasiev and Oleksandr Kolchenko were listed as Ukrainian citizens in the reply from the office of the Russian Federation’s Prosecutor sent to the Ukrainian deputy O. Bryhynets.
Reply from the European External Action Service concerning the matter of Oleg Sentsov
Vincent Degert, representing the European External Action Service answered questions from the Open Dialogue Foundation concerning, amongst others, the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, persecuted by Russia.
First international observation mission concerning Lieutenant N. Savchenko
The Open Dialogue Foundation, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organised the first international observation mission concerning Lieutenant Nadiya Savchenko, detained by pro-Russian terrorists on the territory of Ukraine, abducted and taken to Russia, and accused of murder
Oleg Sentsov at hearing in Moscow on Monday 7 July pleads not guilty
Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, producer and pro-Ukrainian activist and three of his colleagues were unlawfully kidnapped from the occupied territory of Crimea by the Russian FSB agents and transferred to Moscow on 23 May 2014.
The case of Oleg Sentsov: Russian FSB tortured pro-Ukrainian activists from the Crimea into confession
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in the Crimea detained and arrested four citizens of Ukraine on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in the occupied peninsula. In order to obtain confessions, they used torture against the detainees.
An appeal to the heads of law enforcement agencies in 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.