Interfax-Ukraine to host press conference 'February 26 Case: How Russia Persecutes Defenders of Ukraine's Territorial Integrity'

On Thursday, February 25, at 12.00, the press centre of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference entitled "February 26 Case: How Russia Persecutes Defenders of Ukraine's Territorial Integrity" on the eve of the second anniversary of the events of February 26 in Crimea. The press conference is organized by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and the Information Centre for Human Rights. The participants will include Ukrainian MP Georgiy Lohvynsky; human rights activist and expert on international standards on freedom of peaceful assembly, Volodymyr Yavorivsky; representative of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people and the Committee on the Protection of Rights of the Crimean Tatar People Eskander Bariyev; lawyer of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union Darya Svyrydova; and Russian lawyer Nikolai Polozov (via skype) (8/5-A Reitarska Street). Registration requires press accreditation. More information by phone: (067) 445 9543 or e-mail: [email protected]