Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Nariman Dhelyal had, for many years under occupation, known that they could come for him at any moment. Tragically that moment has arrived.

The Russian invaders inadvertently proved just how strongly the population of Zaporizhzhia oblast identify with Ukraine and are now using standard methods to try to crush Ukrainian identity in schools

The lawless charges against Mykola Petrovsky, who is seriously disabled, and 50-year-old Serhiy Kotov are clearly based solely on 'confessions' obtained through torture while the men were held incommunicado

Russia is already using ill-defined ‘extremism’ legislation as a weapon against Ukrainians in occupied Crimea, with the new bill further broadening the scope for repression

Russia is already using ill-defined ‘extremism’ legislation as a weapon against Ukrainians in occupied Crimea, with the new bill further broadening the scope for repression

News on the criminal prosecution of Kyrylo Shevchenko.

Dudka, a retired naval captain and two academics Oleksiy Bessarabov and Dmytro Shtyblikov were arrested, tortured and sentenced because of their naval past and because the FSB wanted another ‘Ukrainian saboteur’ show trial

The sentence is especially chilling as Russia is presently applying the same measures to instil an entirely false version of its war of aggression against Ukraine

Ruslan Abdurakhmanov is one of an ever-increasing number of Ukrainian political prisoners whom the Russians abducted from occupied territory after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Ruslan Abdurakhmanov is one of an ever-increasing number of Ukrainian political prisoners whom the Russians abducted from occupied territory after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Three members of Andriy Babychenko’s family were convicted of ‘disobeying’ the armed and masked men who burst into their home and forced him to the ground because of pro-Ukrainian social media posts. He was convicted on another charge and may face more

The findings are damning but only highlight the need for more robust measures, including International Criminal Court proceedings now to ensure accountability for grave war crimes and perhaps crimes against humanity

Even some of those who helped invade Ukraine and who still support ‘Russian world’ ideology admit that Russia has brought only devastation and suffering to occupied Donbas

On September 27th The T4P (Tribunal for Putin) initiative presents two submissions to the International Criminal Court regarding crimes against humanity.

Occupied Crimea may, it is suggested, be Russia’s testing ground because of the large number of Crimeans opposing its invasion and annexation of the peninsula

The charges against Halyna Dovhopola remain as secret as the ‘court hearings’ behind closed doors, without an independent lawyer, but she was almost certainly targeted because of her pro-Ukrainian views

Pavlo Zaporozhets is facing a 20-year sentence or life imprisonment under Russian legislation although he is accused only of actions, carried out by a Ukrainian defender, against the Russians who had invaded and seized Kherson

The ‘trial’ and sentence against Aider Muzhdabaev over strong words on Facebook would be easier to take seriously if state-employed propagandists did not call to murder Ukrainian children and destroy Ukrainian cities on television

Russia has already killed two political prisoners and is clearly willing to cause the death of 68-year-old Khalil Mambetov; Azamat Eyupov (60) and others as part of its terrorization by quota ‘trials’

Russia has already killed two political prisoners and is clearly willing to cause the death of 68-year-old Khalil Mambetov; Azamat Eyupov (60) and others as part of its terrorization by quota ‘trials’