Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG)

The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) is one of the oldest Ukrainian human rights organizations; it traces its origins back to the Soviet-era dissident movement of the 1970s-1980s. From 1988 onwards, the KHPG was known as the Kharkiv branch of Memorial human rights and historical organization. The mission of the KHPG, on the one hand, is to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms from infringement by the State and, on the other, to assist the State in asserting and protecting these rights and freedoms. Our organization’s title refers to ‘Kharkiv’ but the KHPG is active everywhere in Ukraine. KHPG was established as a legal entity on Nov. 10, 1992.