Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly ways to accelerate Canada’s assistance in ensuring Ukraine’s security and the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius. “In our today’s call, Melanie Joly and I discussed ways to expedite Canada’s security assistance for Ukraine and the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius. I am grateful…
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New York, April 11, 2023—Bangladeshi authorities must swiftly and impartially investigate the attack of freelance journalist Ayub Meahzi, hold all perpetrators to account, and ensure the journalist’s safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 4, a group of around 10 men associated with a local criminal group beat…
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Ten judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation will be convicted in absentia for making a decision on the annexation of four regions of Ukraine to Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) reports. “Under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General’s Office, a special pretrial investigation has been completed and an indictment has…
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At a meeting on April 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine supported the draft presidential decrees on the appointment of Artem Lysohor as head of Luhansk Regional State Administration, and Volodymyr Artiukh as head of Sumy Regional State Administration. “The draft decrees of the President of Ukraine on the appointment of Artem Lysohor as…
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Paris, April 11, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday expressed grave concern about news that independent Belarusian newspaper Infa-Kurier stopped its work on Saturday, April 8, after Belarusian authorities labeled the outlet’s content “extremist.” The decision to stop the outlet’s work also came after several of its journalists were detained, and its offices were…
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Japan, under the Programme for Emergency Recovery of Ukraine, handed over the first batch of seven units of construction equipment to the city of Irpin, and another 32 units of equipment will be received by the end of the year. “We understand very well the need to restore Ukraine. Japan has chosen the priority area…
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The Cabinet of Ministers has dismissed head of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) Vadym Melnyk from his post, according to the official Telegram channel of the government. “At its meeting on April 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted an order on the dismissal of Vadym Melnyk from the post of director…
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Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, together with Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Christya Freeland, met with representatives of the Ukrainian community in Canada and expressed gratitude to them for defending the interests of Ukraine. “Canada has given a lot to Ukrainians. But Ukrainians also gave a lot to Canada. I am glad to meet…
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For the first time in the history of the association’s existence, the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova was excluded from the members of ENNHRI, the European network of the global alliance of national human rights institutions, said Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets. “Today I took part in the…
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In the process of raising the level of administration, planned in the program of cooperation with the IMF, the State Tax Service will receive new key performance indicators (KPIs), Danylo Hetmantsev, head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, has said. “These are completely new KPIs for the tax authorities, in general,…
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