Myrotvorets
Owner | NGO ″Myrotvorets Centre″ |
---|---|
URL | myrotvorets |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 15 December 2014 |
Current status | Online |
Myrotvorets or Mirotvorets (
Overview
The site reflects the work of
It has been promoted by
Although it has no official status, the website is regularly consulted at checkpoints to integrate government information systems.[12] According to Tuka, the site has led to the arrest of 1,000 people, since the site's launch, which he claimed included many collaborators and people working for the Federal Security Service that would otherwise not be in any government databases.[12]
The slogan of the centre's website and the centre itself is a Latin saying: Pro bono publico (for the public good).
Myrotvorets Centre began to develop the project in summer 2014, during the
On 7 May 2016, the website published the personal data of 4,508 journalists and other media members from all over the world who had worked (or had received accreditation to work) on the war in the uncontrolled government territory of Donbas, and therefore were considered by the site to have cooperated with terrorists.[24][25][26] There were phone numbers, email addresses, and some countries and cities of residence of Ukrainian and foreign journalists received from the hacked database of Donetsk People's Republic Ministry of State Security; journalists and support staff provided these data to be accredited by the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic. In response, the Security Service of Ukraine issued a statement that it found no violations of Ukrainian law by Myrotvorets.[27] According to Yulia Gorbunova, senior researcher for Human Rights Watch, the implications this list has for press freedoms is serious, adding that the existence of the list puts lives in danger.[12] The then President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko called the leak a "big mistake".[28]
Activity
The "Myrotvorets" leader states that the centre's objective is to provide information and advice to the executive authorities, to finally bring peace and harmony in Ukraine. In its work the centre pays special attention to expressions of "
"Myrotvorets" is also recognised by the courts of Ukraine when making decisions, according to rights group Uspishna Varta. According to them the data of the collected on the website is used in court decisions at all stages - from the beginning of the pre-trial investigation to the conviction of the person, and in numerous rulings, judges also accept information from the "Myrotvorets" as material evidence. The use of the website applies not only to criminal cases, but also to civil legal relations and factfinding acts.[29] As of 2019, data from the site was used in over 100 cases, according to Uspishna Varta.[28]
In October 2015, Herashchenko said on
In February 2016, members of the centre took part in the operation of mobile groups against illegal transport of cargo through the line of armed conflict in the
Myrotvorets Centre repeatedly provided information on the participation of foreign nationals in the armed conflict, on the side of pro-Russian separatists. In early March 2016, due to the materials published by the centre, law enforcement authorities in Bulgaria initiated criminal proceedings against George Bliznakov, a Bulgarian citizen. Similar materials are being considered regarding other Bulgarian citizens.[33][34]
After the site published the data of various journalists, Valeriya Lutkovska, Ukrainian lawyer and Ombudswoman of Ukraine since April 2012, demanded both the website and the Centre be shut down.[35]
On 24 May 2016, Committee to Protect Journalists wrote an open letter to then Ukrainian President Poroshenko urging him to "condemn the unfounded and damaging allegations published on Myrotvorets, and to clarify publicly that the Ukrainian Interior Ministry is dedicated to protecting journalists and apprehending the people responsible for threatening them, in contrast to Interior Minister Avakov's previous statements".[36]
On 2 June 2016,
Following the
People included to the list
According to the head of the centre, the number of people in the file has grown over time:
- October 2014 — 4,500
- 16 December 2015 – 7,500
- January 2015 – 9,000
- 13 April 2015 – 30,000
- October 2015 – 45,000
- 21 March 2016 – 57,775[44]
- 27 January 2017 — over 102,000[45]
- 23 August 2019 — 187,000[46]
The most complete database contains residents of the Crimea.[13]
Myrotvorets has often blacklisted people over Crimean related issues, which usually means they cannot cross into Ukraine due to the site's usage in border entry checks.
In April 2015, Myrotvorets published the home addresses of Ukrainian writer Oles Buzina[49] and former Verkhovna Rada parliamentarian Oleg Kalashnikov, just days before they were assassinated.[28]
On 12 September 2017 Myrotvorets added Yulia Tymoshenko (former Prime Minister of Ukraine and leader of the opposition party Batkivshchyna) to its database for "the illegal crossing of Ukraine's state border. An assault within a group of persons on border guards fulfilling their duties to protect the state border of Ukraine. Participation in preparations for the illegal crossing of Ukraine's border by a person without Ukrainian citizenship. Manipulation of socially important information".[50] On 15 April 2018, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's name was added to the website.[51]
In September 2018, Myrotvorets wrote on Facebook that their database included residents of
In November 2018 Myrotvorets added Gerhard Schröder, the former chancellor of Germany and chairman of the supervisory board of Russian company Rosneft, to its list because authors accused him of "anti-Ukrainian propaganda" and attempting to justify "Russian aggression against Ukraine."[55] A spokeswoman of the German Federal Foreign Office protested against this and asked the Ukrainian government to delete the website.[56]
The website published a list of Russian workers involved in the construction of the
Following the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Myrotvorets added the names of
See also
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