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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Worse than North Korea and plummeting. Russia hits new depths in Crimea, other occupied parts of Ukraine

Russia is quite openly using terror and repression in occupied Crimea to silence all voices of dissent and of Ukrainian identity with it likely that the situation is at least as bad on other occupied territory


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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Brutal 12-year ‘treason’ sentences against Crimean woman with MS and her daughter, seized while her baby was in intensive care

Victoria Strilets needs care and ongoing medication to slow the development of her multiple sclerosis. Her daughter Oleksandra should be with her two small daughters, one of whom was fighting for her life when the Russians seized her mother

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

No mercy for dying Crimean Tatar civic activist imprisoned for reporting Russian repression

Russia is flouting its own legislation and demonstrating horrific brutality in failing to release Tofik Abdulgaziev, who should be with his family at this time

• War crimes

Preschool teacher abducted by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 6 years for her refusal to betray Ukraine’

Olha Baranevska was clearly targeted by the Russian invaders of Melitopol for her pro-Ukrainian position and her refusal to take part in the indoctrination that Russia has tried to instil in preschools and schools on occupied territory

• War crimes

Russia sentences three Ukrainian women to 12 years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders

Olha Hulchak, Olena Penza and Yulia Stanika are among an ever-increasing number of Ukrainians sentenced to terms of imprisonment longer than those that murderers or violent criminals get for their patriotism

• War crimes

High-ranking post in Russia for soldier accused of grave war crimes in Ukraine

Sergei Karasyov is the latest of many individuals identified by Ukraine, western investigators and media for their believed role in atrocities during the occupation of Kyiv oblast, whom Russia treats as 'heroes'

• War crimes

Monstrous sentences demanded against nine men abducted from Kherson and savagely tortured for insane Russian show trial

The charges against the men bear no scrutiny, but their absurdity, as well as the clear indications of torture, are clearly of no concern to the ‘judges’

• Civic society   • Publicistics

‘In the evening, your flag was hanging. In the morning, I look—it is our flag…’

These are the simple words of a night watchman at a cinema in Chortkiv—on 22 January 1973, he was interrogated by the KGB. For the impossible had happened: in the midst of a Ukrainian city in the era of Soviet stagnation, blue and yellow flags flew—over the market, the cinema, the teacher training college, and the school. On the Day of Unity of Ukraine, we tell the story of the young men who organised this action.

• Access to information   • Research

When Information Starts Working on Its Own

On the role of information resources in the era of a new digital space and artificial intelligence reality: the example of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group’s websites.

• Voices of war

‘Bro-wolfieʼ: The story of a soldier who survived in Mariupol and rebuilt his life

For several years, he has been attending rallies for the liberation of prisoners of war every week. This man, who uses a wheelchair, brings joy to those around him through his constant jokes and by entertaining children. His distinctive appearance has made him a symbol at these events. “Bro-wolfie” reflects on the start of the war, the occupation of Mariupol, and life after losing both legs.

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The right to privacy

The site contains decisions of international judicial bodies in precedent-setting cases and analytical articles on violations of personal data protection, illegal wiretapping, defamation and other issues related to the human right to privacy.

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Documenting war crimes in Ukraine

The global T4P (Tribunal for Putin) initiative was created in response to Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February 2022. The participants of the initiative document events that have signs of crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes) in all regions of Ukraine.

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