The move would be cynical and lawless, however Russia has already forcibly deported one human rights activist. They also killed recognized refugee Nabi Rahimov and then sent his wife back to Uzbekistan where she faced religious persecution

While fixation with Vladimir Putin’s role cannot diminish the guilt of others implicated in Russia’s aggression, how can justice be served by not holding him and Sergei Lavrov accountable?

Having committed international crimes through its war of aggression and atrocities against Ukraine, Russia is using abductions and torture to try to blame Ukraine for its crimes

Russia is making it harder and harder for Ukrainians to reach their homes on occupied territory, while also threatening Ukrainians who remained under Russian occupation with deportation if they do not accept Russian citizenship.

Russia used religious faith as pretext for massive sentences against Remzi Bekirov and 24 other Crimean Tatar civic journalists and activists and is now weaponizing it again to make his life even more difficult in Russian prison

Russia used religious faith as pretext for massive sentences against Remzi Bekirov and 24 other Crimean Tatar civic journalists and activists and is now weaponizing it again to make his life even more difficult in Russian prison

This latest execution of unarmed men comes amid mounting evidence that such executions are state policy and that Russian commanders have issued orders not to take prisoners

In Russia's cynical 'Newspeak', its savage destruction of Mariupol was 'liberation' and those, like Aliona Holtvenko and Oleksandr Saakian, who refused to collaborate and helped the defenders of Ukraine are 'terrorists'

Russia began pushing lies about its military aggression back in 2014. Having brought in torture chambers and draconian laws against those who question the lies, it is erecting cynical monuments

Russia’s treatment of all Ukrainian prisoners of war is brutal, and those like Crimean civic activist, Crimean Realities journalist and Mariupol defender Denys Matsola are at particular risk for their support of Ukraine and demolition of Russia's lies

The speed with which Yehor Semionov was seized makes it possible that his place of birth was the determining factor and not hard evidence

Five Ukrainians from occupied Melitopol, who were abducted back in April 2022, have received huge sentences despite surreal charges backed only by ‘confessions’ extracted through torture

14 years for discussing daily prayers and other aspects of the men’s faith – and for refusing to remain silent about Russia’s lawless repression in occupied Crimea

14 years for discussing daily prayers and other aspects of the men’s faith – and for refusing to remain silent about Russia’s lawless repression in occupied Crimea

Russia claimed that an alleged attack on a collaborator helping the invaders constituted ‘international terrorism’ and subjected Yaroslav Zhuk to horrific torture in order to extract a ‘confession’

While Putin focuses on the bloody attack on Palm Sunday, UN human rights monitors have recorded a terrifying escalation in such atrocities against civilians with 151 people at least killed just since the beginning of April

Russia’s FSB, prosecutors and ‘judges’ were willing to sentence Sizikov to 17 years and send him to Siberia for speaking out about repression in occupied Crimea

Russia’s FSB, prosecutors and ‘judges’ were willing to sentence Sizikov to 17 years and send him to Siberia for speaking out about repression in occupied Crimea

Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” continues to highlight the challenges faced by Roma communities in Ukraine. This year, with the support of IPHR is organized a meeting with Roma veterans who voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia’s ‘trial’’ of Andriy Harrius, Yuriy Ivanov and Stanislav Surovtsev, who were seized and tortured by an illegal armed formation which Russia had not recognized could not be more incriminating