The Russians implicated in imprisoning Amet Suleimanov for reporting Russian repression in Crimea are willing to cause his death rather than ‘risk’ releasing a political prisoner

The prosecution of 63-year-old Anatoliy Holiakovych and, seemingly, his son, underscores the pro-Ukrainian and anti-war sentiments in occupied Crimea, and the sinister methods Russia uses to fight them

Aleksandr Bastrykin and Russia’s Investigative Committee have been using torture to fabricate preposterous charges against Ukrainians since 2014, making his call for Putin to reinstate the death penalty chilling

Aleksandr Bastrykin and Russia’s Investigative Committee have been using torture to fabricate preposterous charges against Ukrainians since 2014, making his call for Putin to reinstate the death penalty chilling

Aleksandr Bastrykin and Russia’s Investigative Committee have been using torture to fabricate preposterous charges against Ukrainians since 2014, making his call for Putin to reinstate the death penalty chilling

The International Criminal Court has now issued six arrest warrants of high-ranking Russians, including Vladimir Putin and the top men waging Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

The release of the Crimean Tatar leader, Donbas hostages and imprisoned priests show that publicity and pressure can help, and underscores how much torment other hostages are enduring

The release of the Crimean Tatar leader, Donbas hostages and imprisoned priests show that publicity and pressure can help, and underscores how much torment other hostages are enduring

Russia is typically trying to deny the Court’s jurisdiction after it suffered a huge defeat in the first of Ukraine’s inter-state cases against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights

Russia is imposing particularly restrictive measures against Ukrainians trying to reach their own homes in occupied Ukraine in order to appropriate their land

Yaroslav Zhuk was subjected to relentless torture, including electric currents attached to genitals, and savage beatings to force out a ‘confession’ to absurd charges

It was no accident that Russia’s violent arrests in February 2016 and terrorisation of whole families led to the emergence of the Crimean Solidarity human rights movement in occupied Crimea

It was no accident that Russia’s violent arrests in February 2016 and terrorisation of whole families led to the emergence of the Crimean Solidarity human rights movement in occupied Crimea

Arseny Turbin had merely posted leaflets critical of Vladimir Putin and shown interest, no more, in the Free Russia Legion

Oleksandr Pohorielov and three other Ukrainians were illegally imprisoned in occupied Donbas and almost certainly tortured for videoed ‘confessions’ to killings which Russia was behind

The 'trial' without any crime is coming to an end of 25-year-old Emine Zekeryaeva, with the defence blocked from proving that the FSB doctored the evidence

Yulia Koveshnikova has effectively been held incommunicado since her abduction in April 2023, with Russia just as intent on hiding her supposed ‘trial’

There is also evidence that such appalling violations of international law have been committed under orders from military command

The Russian invaders executed both Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians from February 2022, but the scale and openness about such atrocities against POWs have risen dramatically

Not only was Krystyna Liubashenko, the mother of two small daughters, charged with ‘military fakes’ and ‘terrorism’ for peaceful protest, but she was probably tricked into coming to Moscow