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Russia sentences Luhansk woman to 16 years for sheltering two defenders of Ukraine

The aggressor state claimed that Yulia Mosiak, a Ukrainian citizen, “decided to commit treason” (under Russian legislation!) by protecting the Ukrainian defenders of her own country


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Russia sentences tortured Melitopol journalist to 15 years for pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel

This was the most chilling attack to date by the Russian invaders against Melitopol journalists and Telegram administrators, with massive sentences already passed or, unfortunately, likely in the near future.

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Russian invaders abduct 52 civilians, including children, from Sumy oblast

While Ukraine is under huge pressure to ‘hand Russia unoccupied Donbas’, the invaders are continuing to seize other territory, committing the same war crimes seen in 2022

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Imprisoned Crimean Solidarity activist Tofik Abdulgaziev needs urgent operation for a malignant brain tumour

Tofik Abdulgaziev has been imprisoned since 2019 for his integrity and human rights activism, with Russia causing all of the earlier conditions which have gravely undermined his health

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While others are celebrating, Ukrainian POWs are being tortured in Russian prisons

Russia's torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian hostages is unrelentingly savage, with every reason to believe that this is deliberate state policy

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Russia’s supreme court OKs illegal charges & faked 'evidence' against Crimean Tatar political prisoners

Russian ‘judges’ saw no problem in rubberstamping an evident and internationally condemned attack on civic journalists and activists from the Crimean Solidarity human rights movement

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Russia passes huge sentences against 65-year-old Melitopol pensioner and two other Ukrainians for their patriotism

Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country

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Ukraine-Sweden: Upholding Human Rights for Victims of the Russian War

A year ago, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, in partnership with the Swedish organization Eastern Group for Democracy and Human Rights (Östgruppen för demokrati och mängsäkring rättigheter), began a project to assist Ukrainians who suffered from crimes committed during Russian aggression. We talked about the interim results with one of the project coordinators, Ihor Kulish.

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‘They were striking me on the head, putting a gun to the back of my head, and pretending to pull the triggerʼ

100 days in a secret prison of the Ministry of State Security of the so-called “DPR”. 13 years in a strict regime penal colony. Beatings, simulated executions, broken ribs, and a cold basement — this is the story of civilian prisoner, neurophysiologist Yuri Shapovalov, who waited until a prisoner exchange and eventually returned home.

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Not Only Dr. Evil: Medical Care behind Russian Bars

What is it like to survive in captivity, suffering from a stroke, tuberculosis, or diabetes, when instead of medical care you often receive beatings and humiliation?

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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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Dissident movement in Ukraine. Virtual museum

KHPG has been researching the history of the human rights movement in Ukraine for over 30 years. In particular, it has prepared about 350 biographies of the movement participants, conducted more than 200 interviews with them and published their works.

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Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
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