Dec 21, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Media, News
The Donetsk People’s Republic has not received any official proposals on video conference from Ukrainian officials to discuss the POWs exchange. This was mentioned by DPR Ombudsman, delegate to the Humanitarian Subgroup Daria Morozova in an interview to DAN. “There weren’t any official proposals neither on the Skype-conference for the Humanitarian Subgroup on December 27th [...]
Dec 21, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
On 19 December peace negotiations in Minsk took place. The Ukrainian side continues to sabotage the POWs exchange process, making unjustified demands again and again. Such a destructive position, as well as the light-minded attitude of the official representatives of Kiev, who allow themselves to ignore or to be late for meetings of the Humanitarian [...]
Dec 18, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
Tomorrow, December 19, the next round of peace negotiations will take place. The agenda includes the following issues: the speedy implementation of the second stage of the prisoner exchange under “all confirmed for all confirmed” format; returning identity documents to people who have been exchanged on December 27, 2017; the transfer of people sentenced prior [...]
Dec 7, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, Detention, News
The proposal from Kiev to exchange prisoners under the formula “66 for 19” contradicts Minsk Agreements on peaceful settlement in Donbass, said DPR Ombudsman Daria Morozova. Earlier, a Ukrainian representative at Minsk negotiations Yevhen Marchuk announced that Kiev can perform the prisoner exchange on December 27 under the formula “66 for 19”. “We are ready [...]
Nov 24, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
At the previous meeting of the Humanitarian Subgroup in Minsk, Kiev representatives asked us whether we were ready to perform the second stage of the prisoner exchange under the formula “60 for 19”, trying to create the impression of their interest in the negotiation process. Unfortunately, they did not provide us with the list of [...]
Nov 23, 2018 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
The free will of the people is an integral part and a foundation of democracy. This is enshrined in international documents, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and a number of other documents. Thus, Article 21 (3) of the Universal Declaration of Human [...]
Nov 21, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
On 22 November, the next round of negotiations will take place. To date, we have not received any written response on the formula “174 for 46” announced by Ukrainian politicians in media. We would have received the official position of Kiev regarding the exchange “all confirmed for all confirmed” if Ukrainian authorized representatives had attended [...]
Nov 12, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
In violation of the international humanitarian law that prohibits attacks on civilian objects and indiscriminate attacks during military operations, on November 7, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out an air attack against residential buildings in the village of Staromikhaylovka using an unmanned aerial vehicle, which has been documented. This would hardly be the first [...]
Nov 2, 2018 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
The fight against dissent that began in Ukraine immediately after the coup d'état of 2014 has become an official policy of the state. Politically motivated persecution, as well as that on national, linguistic and religious grounds, numerous violations of human rights and freedoms, have become common practice throughout the country. These problems are particularly [...]
Oct 31, 2018 | Media, News
Human Rights Ombudsman in the Donetsk People’s Republic Daria Morozova commented on the work of the Humanitarian Subgroup in Minsk and on the reasons why the second phase of the prisoner exchange is being delayed in the interview to a correspondent of the official website of the DPR. “At the moment, the issue of the [...]
