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Russia uses Gestapo-like torture for ‘international terrorism’ trial and massive sentences over death of a Ukrainian traitor

Volodymyr Teteriev's torturers boasted that the only difference between them and the Gestapo was in the name. The savage torture they applied was used to sentence Teteriev to life and four other Ukrainians to 17 and 18 years


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Russia passes revenge life sentences against a Hero of Ukraine and three other marine commanders for defending Mariupol

The charges against Volodymyr Baraniuk, Dmytro Karmiankov; Vitaliy Yaroshenko and Mykola Biriukov are of brazen cynicism with the men accused by the invading state of its war crimes

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Russians sentence terrorized 20-year-old Mariupol woman to 13 years on ‘treason’ charges

Victoria Maksymenko had clearly been psychologically pressured, if not tortured, into giving the distressing 'confession' which the Russians then circulated

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52-year-old Ukrainian political prisoner Ibragim Kudzhanov dies in Russian captivity

Ibragim Kudzhanov had gone through hell from October 2022 when the Russians first abducted his teenage son, and then they come for him, passing an effective death sentence for his defence of Ukraine in Donbas six years earlier

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Crimeans given long sentences for ‘calls to terrorism’ – comments on social media in support of Ukraine against Russian aggressor

The secrecy which Russia has imposed makes it impossible to check the actual comments, but they pertain to legitimate targets and have nothing to do with 'terrorism', even according to Russian norms

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Russia ignores urgent medical condition and increases monstrous sentence against 68-year-old Halyna Bekhter for supporting Ukraine

It had seemed inappropriate to throw out unconfirmed opinions about the Ukrainian pensioner's state, however Russia's failure to react, except by increasing an already horrific sentence, leaves no choice

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Russia to indoctrinate children in occupied Ukraine with invented ‘history of Donbas & Novorossiya textbook'

Russia has added another 'textbook' to its information warfare arsenal, with this one specifically aimed at brainwashing Ukrainian children on occupied territory

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More than 100,000 documented incidents of international crimes: how civil society organisations are bringing justice closer

More than 100,000 documented incidents of war crimes, thousands of testimonies from victims, and years of systematic work by civil society—this is the contribution Ukrainian human rights organisations have made to the pursuit of justice and the accountability of those responsible for crimes committed during Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

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On June 26, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Torture is one of the most widespread crimes committed during Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG), nearly everyone who comes under Russian control and has direct contact with Russian military personnel, government officials, law enforcement officers, or representatives of the occupation authorities or proxy administrations is subjected to torture or other forms of inhuman treatment.

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Violations of Ukrainian Children’s Rights in the Context of War: A Publication by ADC Memorial Brussels and KHPG Marking dated to the June’s Child Protection Days

To mark International Children’s Day on June 1 and International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression on June 4, ADC Memorial Brussels and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group have prepared a publication on violations of the rights of Ukrainian children—victims of the aggressive war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. 

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Stories of Convicts. The struggle for life

The site contains stories of people sentenced to life without the right to review their sentences. The evidence of these people’s guilt is based on confessions obtained under torture, which they recanted in court. However, the defence evidence and arguments of innocence of these people were not investigated by the investigation and the court.

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Documenting war crimes in Ukraine

The global T4P (Tribunal for Putin) initiative was created in response to Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February 2022. The participants of the initiative document events that have signs of crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes) in all regions of Ukraine.

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Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
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