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Journalist and civic activist abducted and killed in Kyiv
17.06.2014
Volodymyr Martsyshevsky was abducted on June 11 from the Maidan Press Centre in Kyiv by men in camouflage. He was found, savagely beaten, that evening and died later of his injuries
Luhansk civic activist dies after being abducted by Kremlin-backed militants
16.06.2014
Alexander Reshetnyak, a Luhansk EuroMaidan activist has died in intensive care after being tortured by militants from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic. He had been shot in the back as well as sustaining many other life-threatening injuries
Slovyansk’s “mayor” threatens to kill, not take prisoners
10.05.2014
It is not clear whether any of these pro-Russian militants whom the Kremlin and Russian television channels treat as representing the voice of the people of Donbas understand what they are seeking to achieve. Their language and behaviour is, however, becoming ever more aggressive
Couple shot dead at pro-Russian militant checkpoint
10.05.2014
OstroV reports that during the early hours of May 9 Kremlin-backed militants opened fire on two cars which tried to drive through their checkpoint
Media report the shooting dead of a priest at a militant checkpoint
10.05.2014
OstroV has reported that an Orthodox priest, Father Pavlo Zhuchenko was shot dead at a pro-Russian militant checkpoint in Konstantinovka [Donetsk oblast]
Abducted pro-Ukrainian activist murdered
09.05.2014
The body has been found of Valery Salo, head of the Prosvita Society in Krasny Lyman (Donetsk oblast), apparently a day after he was abducted by so-called Donetsk People’s Republic militants
What Russian TV won’t show about the events in Odessa
06.05.2014
Russian TV viewers hear only about the fire in the Trade Union House which they are told was set alight by “radicals”. It was radicals, according to this narrative, who shot at defenceless people
UHHRU condemns police role in Odessa tragedy
06.05.2014
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union has issued a statement in which it stresses that the mass street disturbances were not a spontaneous clash between different youth groups but a planned attack on a peaceful procession of soccer fans carried out by pro-Russian separatists armed with sticks, bats, shock pistols and firearms.”
Luhansk lawyer shot by pro-Russian activists
30.04.2014
Ihor Chudovsky, head of the Luhansk-based law firm Chudovsky and Partners is reported to have been seriously injured by the pro-Russian activists who on Tuesday stormed the Luhansk regional administration
Murdered in Slovyansk
25.04.2014
The identity of the second person whose body was found with signs of torture in a Slovyansk river has been confirmed. Yury Popravka was 19 and a student of the Sociology and Law Faculty of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
Police silent about unmarked graves at Brovary
08.04.2014
The Search Initiative Group searching for traces of people missing since the EuroMaidan protests have had no response from the police regarding unmarked graves found in Brovary (near Kyiv).
Abducted journalist found murdered
06.04.2014
The body has been found with clear signs of torture of activist and journalist Vasyl Serhiyenko who was abducted from outside his home on April 4
Twelve detained on suspicion of involvement in the gunning down of Maidan protesters (updated)
03.04.2014
The acting Prosecutor General says the orders to gun down protesters on Institutska St on Feb 20 came from the president’s administration.
Activists detained in Moscow for honouring Maidan’s slain heroes
31.03.2014
The activists gunned down by police snipers 40 days ago were remembered throughout Ukraine on Sunday, while a new report presented evidence that Yanukovych’s regime was behind the killings carried out by Russian-trained Alpha unit snipers.
Video shows abduction of murdered Crimean Tatar
28.03.2014
Videos have been posted showing Reshat Ametov, whose body was found with signs of torture on March 15, being abducted from a picket in protest at the Russian occupation of the Crimea.
In Memory: Serhiy Koturin
21.03.2014
Serhiy Koturin, a soldier at a Ukrainian military base in Simferopol died when the base was stormed on March 18. His wife is expecting their second child
Murder and abductions in the Crimea
18.03.2014
The body has been found of a Crimean Tatar, Reshat Ametov who was abducted from a protest outside the Cabinet of Ministers building in Simferopol [UPDATED]
In Memory: Heroes of Maidan
13.03.2014
The funeral will take place on Thursday of 28-year-old Olha Bura who died on March 10 of wounds received when snipers gunned down protesters in late February
Moving farewell to Ludmila Sheremet, killed outside SBU
28.02.2014
A huge number of residents of Khmelnytski came out to bid farewell to 72-year-old Ludmila Sheremet who was killed by automatic rifle fire from inside the Security Service building in Khmelnytski on Feb 19.
David Kipiani laid to rest in Tbilisi
27.02.2014
On Tuesday family and friends bid farewell in Tbilisi, Georgia to 25-year-old David Kipiani who died of bullet wounds on Maidan
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