Monitoring the case of Vladimir Dovgalyuk (session 12/06/19) 12/06/2019 in the Bogunsky District Court of Zhitomir, a hearing was held in the case of Vladimir Dovgalyuk accused of murder (paragraph 7 of Part 2 of Art. 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Hearing progress The representative of the victims and one of the victims did not appear at the hearing. By agreement of the participants in the trial, the session was held without their presence. The evidence of the defense was [...]

Monitoring of the case of Vitaliy Sobenko and Arthur Melnikov (session 12/02/19) 12/02/2019, in the Frankovsky District Court of the city of Lvov, with the participation of Judge Vanivsky Yu. consideration of the case in criminal proceedings was held on charges of Vitaliy Sobenko born in 1998 and Melnik Arthur born in 2000 in committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (“Robbery”), in which the court granted the accused Melnikov’s request for free legal [...]

Monitoring of the case of Kernes G.A., Blinnik V.D., Smitsky E.N. (session 11/15/19) On November 15, the Poltava Court of Appeal held a regular court hearing on the case of a Ukrainian politician, a mayor of the city of Kharkov, Gennady Kernes, accused of illegal, by prior conspiracy by a group of people, imprisonment of two people with torture, as well as with the threat of murder. The accused G. Kernes was unable to arrive at this hearing due to health problems. [...]

Monitoring the case of Kulish Natalya (11/13/2019) On November 13, 2019 in the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of the city of Lvov with the participation of the panel of judges A. Kiriluk, N. Rumilov, A. Liusha a session was held in criminal proceedings No. 12019140000000394 in relation to Kulish N., accused of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - “Human Trafficking”. The International Society for Human Rights continues to monitor this case. The preparatory [...]