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Central Ukraine: arson attack kills Roma family
The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is taking the Republic of Ukraine to the European Court of Human Rights over the death, in October 2002, of five members of the Fedorchenko family and the destruction of their home in the village of Malaya Kahnivka, Kremenchuk area, Central Ukraine.
29 July 2003 (250 words)
Mystery surrounds death of Rwandan refugee
AI believes that the murder of a Rwandan refugee, who was head of the Podolsk community of refugees, was racially motivated.
1 January 2002 (53 words)
ERRC claims anti-Roma police harassment commonplace
According to the ERRC, the case of Mr Roshtash is typical of the many reports they receive of blatant harassment of Romani communities by police.
1 January 2001 (170 words)
Roma flee police raid
Police, including the special riot squad 'Berkut', raided a Roma tent camp near Kiev, setting fire to tents and forcing Roma to flee.
1 August 2000 (75 words)
Ukraine is the epicentre of the global trafficking in women
According to law enforcement officers and relief groups, Ukrainian women - and to a lesser extent women from Russia and Belarus - are now the most valuable for the international sex trade.
1 May 1998 (321 words)
Evidence mounts of police ill-treatment of Romani
The ERRC and the group Romani Yog are concerned about continuing police ill-treatment on Roma in the Transcarpathian region of the Ukraine.
1 August 1997 (331 words)
Roma vulnerable to police harassment
According to the European Roma Rights Centre, Roma living in the Transcarpathian region, are vulnerable to police harassment and even torture.
1 March 1997 (77 words)
Soviet border control zone restored
The Ukrainian parliament has restored a Soviet-era border control zone with special powers for the police to crack down on attempts by illegal migrants to travel to the west.
1 October 1996 (59 words)
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