The Khmelnytskyi City Council provided the documents requested by the online news outlet ZHAR.INFO following a letter by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, ZHAR.INFO founder and journalist Alyona Bereza reports to the Institute of Mass Information.
On 27 November, the Khmelnytskyi City Council’s apparatus emailed 12 pages of scanned copies of decision review findings along with a cover letter to the news outlet.
“In view of the letter by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine No. 99732.4/Б.1684.7/25/53, dated 21.11.2025, in response to your information queries dated 30.09.2025 and 14.10.2025, we provide the findings by the Khmelnytskyi City Council’s departments,” the apparatus’s response states.
Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights opened proceedings following a complaint by ZHAR.INFO, who reported that the Khmelnytskyi City Council had refused to share documents (namely, review findings on the Council’s draft decisions) requested by the news outlet in two queries.