A number of changes adopted in the legislation of Ukraine over the past three years have significantly limited the rights and freedoms of people in Ukraine.

On this in an article for the "Mirror of the Week" pointed lawyer, an expert of the Center for Political and Legal Reforms Alexander Banchuk.

"The chronology of ignoring the constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens by the authorities looks like this," the author wrote and named a number of laws that, in his opinion, harm the level of freedom in Ukraine.

"On Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine on a special regime of pre-trial investigation in the conditions of a military emergency and in the area of ??an anti-terrorist operation", "On Amending the Law of Ukraine" On Combating Terrorism "regarding preventive detention in the area of ??an antiterrorist operation Involved in terrorist activities for more than 72 hours, "On Amending the Law of Ukraine" On Militia "on the conditions for the use of force, special And firearms in the area of ??the antiterrorist operation, "Banchuk said..

The expert explained that these laws provide that the prosecutor during the investigation of crimes in the area of ??carrying out ATU independently, without a court decision, can decide the issue of a search of housing or other possession of a person, conducting secret investigative actions, as well as taking a person into custody for up to Up to 30 days.

"August 14, 2014. - Military prosecutors have been reinstated. The overwhelming majority of the productions currently carried out by military prosecutors have nothing to do with the activities of the Armed Forces or the National Guard, "Banchuk continued..

"October 7, 2014. - introduced the procedure of extramural pre-trial investigation and trial, which provides for the possibility of convicting a person absent in the country for committing a grave or especially serious crime. This law effectively deprives the accused persons of the right to access to justice and a fair trial, "said the lawyer.

"July 2, 2015. - passed the law on the National Police. One of the biggest threats in the new law is unrestricted access by policemen to information about citizens, "he wrote..

"23 March 2017. - established the duty of public anti-corruption activists to declare their status on an equal basis with public servants and politicians. Thus, ordinary citizens are charged with additional duties (in particular, on declaration of property and income), as well as restrictions and prohibitions on the basis of occupation (for example, public anti-corruption activities), "the expert concluded..

According to Banchuk, such opportunities were not even dreamed of by the fluent ex-president Viktor Yanukovich when he was the head of state.

"Ukraine for the third year is waging a grueling war with Russia. The War for Our Independence, Territorial Integrity and Freedom. But the power during this time has achieved that the volume of our freedoms has catastrophically decreased, "concluded Banchuk.

As reported by the "Observer", Ukraine fell in the world ranking of freedom of information.

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