Ukraine: New President Should Set Rights Priorities

Expand Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, gestures while speaking during his inauguration ceremony in Kyiv, May 20, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky (Kyiv) – Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, should address several key human rights concerns as a central part of his administration’s agenda and make good on promises of reform, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Freedom House said today in a letter to the new president. Zelenskiy took office on May 20, 2019. “We have seen some progress by the Ukrainian government on key issues, but also stagnation and setbacks…

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