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Field trip to eastern Ukraine for the journalists and bloggers from Germany, France and Russia

moroko — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 21:00:43 +0000

On December 4-8 2018 CivilM+ platform organised the field trip to eastern Ukraine for the journalists and bloggers from Germany, France and Russia to raise awareness in respective societies about the life on the frontlines in Ukraine. Unfortunately, not all invited bloggers from Russia made it to Ukraine. Even though they were only from the liberal press with a strong track record of writing about democratic values, Ukraine’s customs service blocked their entry.

Remaining 7 journalists travelled through Mayorsk, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Dobropolie, Pokrovsk, Slaviansk, Severodonetsk, Starobelsk.

In each location they met with local residents, discussing how the war changed their lives, the challenges people face due to the protracted conflict. Among the most pressing concerns people mentioned rapidly deteriorating infrastructure, lack of the interest of the officials to the development of the region as well as the widespread corruption. People also mentioned the pilght of IDPs including the fact that many displaced having exhausted their savings and not being able to support their livelihoods in the new places, had to give up and return to the non government controlled territories, where they at least have own housing.

The trip reminded the journalists from the western Europe that dispite low number of casualities the conflict in Ukraine is still putting a heavy burden on the lives of civillians and thus needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

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Safe Reintegration – What does that Mean?

moroko — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:24:22 +0000

What does reintegration mean? What options are available? What does the State have to do to ensure that national interests are not compromised during negotiations?
These questions are answered by Oleh Martynenko, Head of the Analytical Department of Ukraine’s Helsinki City Council for People’s Rights, based on the results of the round table “Challenges of the negotiations on Donbas: How to Make Reintegration Safe for Ukraine?

Read about the three steps offered by Oleg Martynenko on the UGSPL website. (in Ukrainian)

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Conference: “Armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine: Political prisoners — Access to justice in non-government controlled territories — Accountability efforts for international crimes”

moroko — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:20:45 +0000

In the framework of СivilM+ informational work, the European Citizens’ Assembly/Assembly Européenne des Citoyens is organizing a conference in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Among the speakers are:

Oleksandra Romantsova, Center for Civil Liberties,
Valerii Novykov, Alternativa,
Aleksandr Cherkassov, Human Rights Center «Memorial»,
Evguenii Zakharov, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group,
Volodymyr Shcherbachenko, Eastern-Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiatives.

Detailed event description and program are available in English here.

To participate in the conference you need to register under the following link.

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