A Russian-controlled ‘court’ in occupied Crimea has sentenced disk jockey Yury Rodionov to ten days administrative arrest for playing a Ukrainian song, with video accompaniment showing Ukrainian soldiers and symbols

A Russian-controlled ‘court’ in occupied Crimea has sentenced disk jockey Yury Rodionov to ten days administrative arrest for playing a Ukrainian song, with video accompaniment showing Ukrainian soldiers and symbols

25-year-old Ihor Talalai spent 88 days in Russian captivity after being seized by Russian-controlled soldiers as he tried to evacuate people from Mariupol

Mariana Mamonova is in her seventh month of pregnancy and concern is acute both for her and for her unborn baby in the appalling conditions of Russian captivity.

There is every reason to believe that Appaz Kurtamet has been taken prisoner by Russia’s FSB, and for concern since this bears all the hallmarks of an abduction

There is every reason to believe that Appaz Kurtamet has been taken prisoner by Russia’s FSB, and for concern since this bears all the hallmarks of an abduction

The study analyzed 1417 rulings of the first-instance courts under pt.2 of Art. 84 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which were delivered between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2022 throughout Ukraine and made openly available in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.

Popasna in the Luhansk oblast became known far beyond Ukraine for Russia’s savage methods of warfare, including the apparent beheading of a Ukrainian soldier.

A Russian court of appeal has upheld sentences of up to 18 years against four Crimean Tatars, with the persecution of two of the men almost certainly connected with Russia’s attack on an independent religious community and plunder of their mosque

A Russian court of appeal has upheld sentences of up to 18 years against four Crimean Tatars, with the persecution of two of the men almost certainly connected with Russia’s attack on an independent religious community and plunder of their mosque

The head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis believes that Russia decided to avenge itself for the humiliation of the attack by staging mass arrests of Crimean Tatars on fabricated charges

The head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis believes that Russia decided to avenge itself for the humiliation of the attack by staging mass arrests of Crimean Tatars on fabricated charges

It is a war crime to prosecute prisoners of war for carrying out their duties, yet Russia is planning to stage just such a grotesque ‘trial’ of the defenders of Mariupol whom it took prisoner in May 2022

Had the explosion at Olenivka prison really been the result of a HIMARS-launched Ukrainian missile, there would be no reason for Russia to obstruct an investigation, while bringing in Steven Seagal for repugnant propaganda shots

Since the beginning of March, the police have charged more than 3,000 Russian citizens with “discrediting” the army (Article 20.3.3, Administrative Offences). The Net Freedoms project calculates that courts have issued fines in 92% of cases.

The 4 August Amnesty statement does not contain a detailed presentation of the information it had accumulated. It fails to provide an analysis of key factors that might permit an assessment of the alleged violations of international humanitarian law by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russia is faking mass ‘support’ and offering bribes for pseudo-referendums aimed at rubberstamping its seizure of Ukrainian territory

The Director General of the  International Atomic Energy Agency warned that the risk was high even before the new shelling on 6 August

The Ukrainian Office of Amnesty International was not involved in the press release which has drawn criticism from warfare specialists and people involved in documenting the war crimes committed since Russia began its full-scale invasion

Three prominent Crimean Tatar human rights lawyers have been stripped of their licences in the latest attack by the Russian regime on independent lawyers defending victims of persecution in occupied Crimea