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War is not an excuse for dictatorship: Human rights defenders warn of danger of “12 August laws”

Human rights defenders will compare the laws passed by Parliament on 12 August and the bills that have been submitted to Parliament on 16 January under the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych (so-called “dictatorship laws”).

Published: August 13, 2014 Author: Florian Irminger, Head of Advocacy and HRHF Geneva Office

When: Friday, 15. August 2014 10:30
To: Friday, 15. August 2014
Where: Kiev (Ukraine), УНІАН news agency
Host: Human Rights House Kiev
Contact: Florian Irminger, Head of Advocacy and HRHF Geneva Office (florian.irminger@humanrightshouse.org / +41 79 751 80 42)

Speakers:

Maryna Tsapok, Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors on Law-Enforcement
Roman Kuibida, Centre for Political and Legal Reforms
Sergei Zayats, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights
Igor Rozkladay, Media Law Institute
Florian Irminger, Human Rights House Foundation (Geneva)

Moderator: Oleksandra Matviychuk, Centre for Civil Liberties

Contact: Maryna Govorukhina, tel: 050 612 00 20

Press conference co-organised by the Information Centre on Human Rights and the Centre for Civic Liberties, supported by Human Rights House Foundation and Royal Netherlands Embassy

Documents:

Press conference (15 August 2014) – invitation Ukrainian

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