The District Court of the Hague has convicted three of four men on trial over the shooting down of Malaysian airliner MH17 over occupied Donbas on 17 July 2014 and has accepted that Russia was in overall control

11 places have already been found in liberated parts of Kherson oblast, where the Russian occupiers held Ukrainian civilians prisoner

A Russian prosecutor has demanded an 18-year sentence against Marlen Mustafayev, a civic activist who had previously faced persecution for protesting against the politically motivated prosecutions of other Crimean Tatars

The UN resolution comes after eight months of deliberate and massive damage to entire Ukrainian regions, to critical infrastructure and the environment, as well as a huge death toll

Yury Dmitriev, world-renowned Russian historian, head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society and political prisoner, is spending his fourth term in a punishment cell in the space of just two months

Yury Dmitriev, world-renowned Russian historian, head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society and political prisoner, is spending his fourth term in a punishment cell in the space of just two months

In retreating from Kherson, the Russian invaders stole around 15 thousand artworks, as well as medical equipment and the usual range of household items, from toilets to washing machines

Eight months after Serhiy Tsyhipa, a writer, journalist, and civic activist from Nova Kakhovka (Kherson oblast) was abducted by the Russian invaders, it has been learned that he is being held prisoner in occupied Crimea

Survivors of seven months of Russia’s occupation of Bilyaivka have spoken of the destruction and filth that the invaders left, and their torture and killing of men they took prisoner

Anzhela Slobodian, a journalist from TV ‘Ukraina’ has described the month she spent in Russian captivity in occupied Kherson, and the torture of hostages they were aware of

Bohdan Kovalchuk was just 17 when he was taken prisoner by Russian-controlled Donbas militants

60-year-old Dzhemil Gafarov suffered a heart attack on 27 October in the Russian SIZO [remand prison], where the recognized political prisoner is held despite his life-threatening medical condition

60-year-old Dzhemil Gafarov suffered a heart attack on 27 October in the Russian SIZO [remand prison], where the recognized political prisoner is held despite his life-threatening medical condition

Analysts report that Russia’s attacks on hospitals are deliberate policy and reflect the aggressor state’s overall strategy against Ukraine

The current regime in Russia devotes huge effort and means to trying to convince Ukrainian children that they must wish to fight and ‘defend’ the aggressor state.

The current regime in Russia devotes huge effort and means to trying to convince Ukrainian children that they must wish to fight and ‘defend’ the aggressor state.

On Russian war crimes and possible genocide in its war against Ukraine and the questionable behaviour of the Russian Red Cross

In Mariupol tens of thousands of residents have no heating and are forced to stand in queues for many hours just to receive bread or some hot food.

The deliberate actions of the enemy’s forces in Ukraine, its missile attacks on civilian targets and crucial infrastructure, and intentional mass murder together point to a single goal: genocide.

With the onset of Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine some of the country’s most vulnerable institutions, its detention centres and corrective colonies, found themselves in a precarious position. This article examines the past and present situation of Ukraine’s penitentiary system and recommends legal and practical measures for its greater safety.