Bohdan Ziza has been described as “a symbol of pro-Ukrainian protest in occupied Crimea”, with Russia’s use of ‘terrorism’ charges in reprisal for his courage and refusal to be cowered into silence

The UN Commission established appalling crimes, such as the repeated beating and rape of an 83-year-old woman in front of her disabled husband and the killing of a couple who had reported the wife's rape by Russian soldiers

Russia is continuing to seize and torture civilians in all parts of Ukraine that fall under its occupation, with many hostages held for over a year without any charges being laid

Russia is continuing to seize and torture civilians in all parts of Ukraine that fall under its occupation, with many hostages held for over a year without any charges being laid

Alexander Byvshev has refused to be silent about Russia’s aggression despite persecution since 2014. He is now, however, facing a likely long term of imprisonment for no more than naming Russia’s war crimes

Independent lawyers have long been 'the enemy' of the Russian occupation regime for their determination to properly defend political prisoners and Ukrainians abducted from parts of mainland Ukraine temporarily under Russian occupation

The prosecutor has already announced that he will be appealing against the startling verdicts and sentences

The prosecutor has already announced that he will be appealing against the startling verdicts and sentences

Russia abducted school directors, threatened to take children from their parents and tried other methods of coercion, but has consistently had difficulty in foisting its propaganda on Kherson oblast schools

This is the latest in a number of attacks against courageous lawyers who are not afraid to represent Russia’s Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners

There is every reason to believe that Roman Zarubaiev and Artur Nesterenko are illegally held incommunicado and deprived of independent lawyers

It was claimed that Volodymyr Maladyka, Volodymyr Sakada and Yevhen Zhukov 'had committed a grave crime against the constitutional order and the security of the state” by practising their faith

The Russians have fixated on the name that Iryna Navalna shares with the famous political prisoner, with this quite likely the reason for her abduction, torture and fabricated criminal charges

Russia’s persecution of Oleg Orlov is part of its attack on Memorial, an organization that played an invaluable role in speaking out against all Russia’s crimes against Ukraine and in defence of its political prisoners

Russia’s persecution of Oleg Orlov is part of its attack on Memorial, an organization that played an invaluable role in speaking out against all Russia’s crimes against Ukraine and in defence of its political prisoners

The Russian court ignored Zhuk's identification of the individual as one of his torturers, as it does the harrowing account of electric currents attached to genitals, savage beating and other torture to extract a fake 'confession'

It is a war crime to deliberately target civilians and there is every reason, including lies told by Russia’s representative at the UN, to believe that the horrific attack which killed over half of the residents of Hroza (Kharkiv oblast) was intentional

Iryna Danilovich is in urgent need of medical care and the failure to provide it is the latest crime against the nurse, civic journalist and human rights defender in revenge for her courageous position

18 months after the Nova Kakhovka journalist was abducted by its solders, Russia has claimed that he turned up in occupied Simferopol to ‘confess to spying’ for his own country in his own country

18 months after the Nova Kakhovka journalist was abducted by its solders, Russia has claimed that he turned up in occupied Simferopol to ‘confess to spying’ for his own country in his own country