UA: 29/12 Index: EUR 50/001/2012 Issue Date: 31 January 2012

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 13 MARCH 2012. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

Somali and Eritrean asylum-seekers and migrants are on hunger strike in protest against their illegal detention at a Migrant Accommodation Centre in Western Ukraine. They, and detainees from other countries supporting them have been threatened and beaten and are at risk of other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]

FU UA: 72/11 Index: EUR 50/006/2011 Issue Date: 22 March 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 3 MAY 2011. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

The Ukrainian authorities must abide by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) taken on 18 March and suspend the deportation of four Afghan citizens from Ukraine. They must ensure that all four men are provided with an effective opportunity to appeal against the earlier rejection of their asylum applications. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 72/11 Index: EUR 50/005/2011 Issue Date: 15 March 2011

Eleven Afghan citizens are at imminent risk of deportation from Ukraine to Afghanistan, without any opportunity to challenge their deportation, including on asylum or other international protection grounds. Three of them have self-harmed in protest. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 305/09 Index: EUR 50/003/2010 Issue Date: 04 February 2010

On 2 February, Belarusian musician and activist Igor Koktysh was released from the pre-trial detention centre in the Ukraine where he has been held for two and a half years. He has thanked Amnesty International for its support. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 305/09 Index: EUR 50/007/2009 Issue Date: 11 December 2009

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 22 JANUARY 2010 .
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. [ Lire la suite » ]