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Prison for ‘likes’ in the social networks? How people are punished in Ukraine for justifying Russian aggression

Likes in social media, correspondence in messengers, and even phone conversations. All of this can lead to imprisonment if a costly forensic examination reveals that it justifies Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group analyzed 715 verdicts against people accused of such crimes.

‘Ukraine is not Russia’: Judge expresses opposing view over pensioner’s prison sentence for a ‘like’

Arkady Bushchenko, a Supreme Court judge, has issued an opposing view after the cassation court upheld a prison sentence against a 70-year-old pensioner for ‘liking’ a post about a Russian military pilot

Ukraine’s courts impose prison sentences for reposting or even ‘liking’ social media posts that support Russian aggression

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has been actively prosecuting those who circulate information deemed to justify, claim legitimacy for or deny Russian aggression.

Crimean artist tortured into ‘apologising’ to Putin and Russian invaders of Ukraine

Bohdan Ziza [Azizov] has confirmed that the supposed ‘confession’ that he made in May 2022 in occupied Crimea was extracted through torture

Ukraine’s new Media Law is ‘soaked in censorship,’ expert says

“The state should not be the supervisor controlling the flow of information that comes to the people because the people stay above the state.”

Abducted Ukrainian civic journalist sentenced to 7 years in brazen show of lawlessness in Russian-occupied Crimea

A Russian-controlled ‘court’ in occupied Crimea has ignored flagrant falsification of charges brought against Iryna Danilovych, and sentenced the 43-year-old civic journalist, nurse and human rights defender to seven years’ imprisonment

Ukrainian civic journalist was ‘voluntarily’ abducted, asphyxiated and beaten by Russian FSB

The FSB who abducted, tortured and threatened to kill Iryna Danilovych claim that she ‘voluntarily’ remained in their basement, and was perfectly ‘comfortable’ in near-hotel conditions

Russian FSB officer charged over unlawful detention and torture of Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko

Denis Korovin is believed to have been the FSB officer who seized and savagely tortured Vladyslav Yesypenko

Ukrainian civic journalist faces 8-year sentence for exposing healthcare lies in occupied Crimea

Iryna Danilovych's abduction, disappearance and evidently trumped-up charges demonstate the FSB’s certainty that they can commit any infringements and rights violations with impunity.

Multiple jail terms for a patriotic Ukrainian song at Crimean Tatar wedding in Russian-occupied Crimea

Many commentators believe that the occupation regime is reacting with hysteria and repression to Ukrainian patriotic songs ignored throughout the occupation because they understand that their days are named

Instead of obeying UN Court, Russia fabricates show trial to label Crimean Tatar Mejlis ‘terrorist’

It is well over five years since Russia was expressly ordered by the UN’s International Court of Justice to revoke its extraordinary ban on the Mejlis, or self-governing body, of the Crimean Tatar people.

Ukrainian journalist’s sentence reduced because of a ‘confession’ obtained through Russian FSB torture

The Russian occupation ‘Crimean High Court’ has knocked one year off the politically motivated 6-year sentence against Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko, with the reason of quite staggering cynicism

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