About Iryna Solomko

Iryna Solomko is Kiev based Ukrainian journalist. She writes regularly for the Korrespondent magazine.

Articles by Iryna Solomko

Yuri Lutsenko: views from a prison cell

On the eve of the new year, Ukraine’s former Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko was arrested by special forces as he walked his dog. Six months later he remains behind bars, facing corruption charges considered by many to be incoherent and politically-motivated. At openDemocracy’s request, journalist Iryna Solomko spoke to the one-time Orange revolutionary about his case, Ukrainian justice and the fortunes of President Victor Yanukovych.

This week's guest editors

openGlobalRights editors

Our guest editors James Ron, Leslie Vinjamuri, Sophie Arie and Archana Pandya introduce this week's theme of:

Emerging powers and human rights.

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