Stories of convicts
NewsUkraine: “prisons are left on their own”
What are the latest updates? For the past two months, Ukrainian citizens have been facing Russian attacks. Information about prison is not easily accessible, even less during the war. Prison Insider is seeking to update its information about Ukrainian prisons. An...
Appeal of Kharkiv Human Rights Group
Dear do-gooders. I want to thank everyone who did not remain indifferent to the situation in Ukraine. When every day on the battlefield our valiant warriors die the death of the brave defending their native land from Russian invaders. Every day, in different parts of...
The right to life of detainees and convicts held in prisons in Ukraine must be protected
The Kharkiv human rights group calls on the Ukrainian authorities to protect the rights of detainees and convicts held in penitentiary institutions in the regions of the country where active hostilities are taking place. This appeal is especially relevant in regions...
Life imprisonment: European standards and Ukrainian practic
Presentation of the book "Life imprisonment: European standards and Ukrainian practice". Results of the anonymous survey of the prisoners SPEAKERS Yevhen Zakharov, Director of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group; Yuriy Kulakevych, pastor, director of the Department of...
Mikhail Morgulis came to Ukraine on a mission to petition for a pardon for Yaroslav Mysiak
Knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7). World-renowned peacemaker Mikhail Morgulis came to Ukraine on a mission to petition for a pardon for Pastor Yaroslav Mysiak. Mikhail Zinovievich became famous in the USA back in 1991. When he was invited as part...
Freedom Yaroslav Mint
Dear Friends. Many of you know the story of Christian Church pastor Yaroslav Mysiak, sentenced to death, who is serving his 24th year serving a life sentence with absolutely no guilt. With no chance for release and no legal possibility of acquittal. We are not looking...
Vital chance for justice in Ukraine as life sentences without hope declared unconstitutional
<h3>An earlier protest calling for a draft bill (then 2033a) to give life prisoners the chance of justice. Top left corner is Volodymyr Panasenko</h3> Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has found the current system depriving life prisoners of any chance of...
Zelensky fails crucial test for restoring justice in Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a decree envisaging the possibility of pardons for people convicted of corruption and drunken driving, while failing to address any of the critical failings of the present system for presidential pardons. This is...
NGOs Urge President Biden to Call on President Zelensky to Pardon, or Review the Arbitrary Detention of, Youth Pastor Yaroslav Mysyak
As President Biden prepares to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky - 16 organizations and over 40 individuals have written to urge President Biden to raise the case of Youth Pastor Yaroslav Mysyak, who has spent over 20 years in prison after being framed as the...
Petition in support Pastor Mysyak’s
Шановні друзі. Через брак часу ініціативу підхопили наші колеги з закордону. Прошу підписувати листа до Президента Байдена, росповсюджувати інформацію: Dear colleagues, Hope this email finds you well. President Zelensky from the Ukraine will be meeting with President...