| Posts |
|
Ukraine court holds hearings on decree dissolving parliament
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine held hearings Tuesday on a controversial April 2 decree [text; Yushchenko statement] by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] ordering the dissolution of parliament and new electio (More) |
|
Ukraine president proposes freeze on decree dissolving parliament
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile; JURIST news archive] announced Wednesday that he would freeze his controversial April 2 decree [transcript of televised statement; decree text] ordering the dissoluton of parliament (More) |
|
Ukraine court delays hearing on presidential decree dissolving parliament
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine Tuesday delayed a scheduled hearing on the legality of an April 2 decree [transcript of televised statement; decree text] by President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] dissolving parliament and (More) |
|
Ukraine protests continue as high court prepares to hear dissolution decree case
Nearly 1,000 protesters continued demonstrations Monday outside the parliament building in central Kiev as the Constitutional Court of Ukraine [official website; Wikipedia backgrounder] prepared to hear a lawsuit filed earlier this month by Ukraini (More) |
|
Ukraine president threatens to prosecute officials defying elections decree
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] said Thursday that officials who refuse to comply with his decree ordering new elections could face criminal prosecution . Yushchenko issued the decree Monday, ordering parliamen (More) |
|
Ukraine president spars with parliament as constitutional crisis deepens
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] has refused to rescind Monday's decree ordering parliament to dissolve and new elections to be held in May as the constitutional crisis in Ukraine continues. On Tuesday, Yush (More) |
|
Ukraine PM seeks court review of presidential decree dissolving parliament
Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and leaders of the Ukrainian Parliament filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a decree from Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] to dissolve parliament and hold election (More) |
|
Ukraine president takes bill expanding cabinet power to Constitutional Court
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] announced Monday that he has appealed to the country's Constitutional Court a recently-passed bill he fears will illegally expand the cabinet's power at the expense of th (More) |
|
Absolute disregard for law: liquidating the Russian Chechen Friendship Society
Oksana Chelysheva : "On 23 January 2007 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the decision of the Regional Court of the Russian Federation to liquidate our organization, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society. We were originally ord (More) |
|
Ukraine leaders compromise over bill expanding cabinet power
Ukraine political leaders have reached a compromise in a dispute over recently passed legislation that Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] threatened to challenge in court after claiming that it would illegally expa (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
