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Швейцарія оголосила війну біженцям | May 17, 2012

З початку травня влада Швейцарії припинила розглядати заяви на надання притулку, які подані повторно

Feldman asks Kharkiv prosecutor’s office to find and punish racist criminals | May 16, 2012

Attacks on grounds of race became more frequent in Kharkiv.

Amnesty International: Ukraine must adopt the law on liability of police | May 16, 2012

Before the beginning of EURO-2012, Ukraine must adopt the new law, which would provide the possibility to carry out independent investigations of reports about violent actions by police

Moscow accused the EU of discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance | May 15, 2012

Moscow is concerned with violations of human rights in the EU member states and accuses the European Union of “double standards”, as was indicated in the statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs according to the results of parliamentary hearings devoted to this topic

Human rights defenders ask the Prosecutor General’s Office to carry out large-scale inspection of the Ministry of Interior of the Crimea | May 15, 2012

The public organization “Human rights movement of the Crimea” asks the Prosecutor General’s Office to carry out large-scale inspection of the activity of law-enforcement authorities of the Crimea.

The Ombudsman will focus the work on prevention of tortures | May 14, 2012

The Verkhovna Rada’s of Ukraine Ombudsman Valeriia Lutkovska took part in the meeting of the deputy chairman of the faction of the social democrats in the European Parliament L. Rouczek and the special advisor of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament R. Van de Water.

UN calls on authorities of Moldova not to deprive minorities of protection at legislative level | May 14, 2012

The United Nations calls on authorities of Moldova to act in conformity with its obligations to adopt the law on non-discrimination and insists on maintenance of the notion “sexual orientation” in the law.

The candidate for the Prime Minister of Greece promised to massively expel migrants | May 11, 2012

The leader of the right-of-centre party “New Democracy” and possible candidate for future Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras promised to arrange the mass deportation of illegal foreigners, in case of his victory.

UN: thousands of political prisoners in Libya are subject to torture | May 11, 2012

About 4 thousand supporters of Muammar Gaddafi are still in prisons, established by the former Libyan “revolutionaries”, being subjected to tortures and cruel treatment there.

International forum on refugee problems opened in Ashgabat | May 10, 2012

According to results of the conference, the Ashgabat Declaration and Action Plan on Refugees in the Muslim world will be adopted.