A damning new assessment from the UN’s human rights chief has condemned Ukraine for overseeing a major crackdown on opposition-backing media and politicians it deems ‘pro-Russian’, warning fair trials might not be guaranteed.
The report from the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated on Wednesday, welcomes a new civil liberties strategy put in place by President Volodymyr Zelensky in March. However, in practice, it found numerous worrying examples of the state exceeding its powers.
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