News

Ukrainian abducted from Kherson sentenced to 17 years for attack on Russian collaborator
20.05.2025
Russia has been mercilessly bombing civilians in Kherson since the latter was liberated, yet claimed that Andriy Serezhenko’s alleged involvement in a legitimate attack on a Russian-installed traitor was ‘international terrorism’

Russia escalates persecution, labelling renowned Crimean Tatar journalist and human rights defender a ‘foreign agent’
19.05.2025
This is the latest of several attacks on Lutfiye Zudiyeva and clearly aimed at silencing the courageous Crimean Solidarity coordinator, whose male colleagues have ended up receiving massive sentences for refusing to be stifled

Three Russian ‘courts’ call defending Ukraine and obstructing invaders ‘international terrorism’
19.05.2025
Pavlo Zaporozhets was serving his country when abducted by the Russians, tortured and then sentenced to 12 years maximum-security imprisonment

Russia rubberstamps 15-year ‘treason’ sentence against 58-year-old Crimean activist Oksana Senedzhuk
16.05.2025
It is extremely likely that Oksana Senedzhuk was targeted because of her pro-Ukrainian position and open opposition to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine

Ukrainian preschoolers turned into ‘Russia’s little soldiers’ in occupied Luhansk
16.05.2025
Russia observes no minimum age for its aggressive militarization of Ukrainian children and attempts to brainwash them into wanting to ‘defend’ the invader

Ukrainians sentenced to 24 and 17 years for alleged 'terrorist' plot against Russian invaders in 2022
15.05.2025
Russia's use of 'terrorism' charges over an alleged plan to blow up a Russian military convoy that had no right to be on Ukrainian territory is only one of many suspicious aspects to this case

Russia ruled responsible for the downing of MH17 over occupied Ukraine and killing of 298 passengers and crew
14.05.2025
Russia is likely to stall and obstruct efforts to obtain legal redress, but the Civil Aviation Organization’s ruling is unprecedented and damning

Russian invaders erect monument to Soviet dictator Stalin in occupied Melitopol
13.05.2025
Russia is now importing its mounting glorification of a mass murderer responsible for acts of genocide against the Crimean Tatar people, and, through Holodomor, against Ukraine

Russia threatens Crimean Tatar political prisoners with deportation to Uzbekistan
12.05.2025
The move would be cynical and lawless, however Russia has already forcibly deported one human rights activist. They also killed recognized refugee Nabi Rahimov and then sent his wife back to Uzbekistan where she faced religious persecution

Creation of Special Tribunal over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine leaves Putin frustratingly out of reach
12.05.2025
While fixation with Vladimir Putin’s role cannot diminish the guilt of others implicated in Russia’s aggression, how can justice be served by not holding him and Sergei Lavrov accountable?
Publications

Meeting with Representatives of Ukrainian Roma in Brussels
25.04.2025
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” continues to highlight the challenges faced by Roma communities in Ukraine. This year, with the support of IPHR is organized a meeting with Roma veterans who voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A reliable tool in the hands of human rights defenders: how the KHPG database works
23.04.2025
Convenient systematization, reliable archiving, and high speed of processing a large amount of information — all these make the database that KHPG fills during the search for missing and captured Ukrainians unique.

‘We dream of becoming unnecessary’: the Tribunal for Putin (T4P) initiative presents three-year report
26.03.2025
On March 25, 2025, the Tribunal for Putin (T4P) initiative released the results of its three years of work — nearly 85,000 documented war crimes and nine submissions to the International Criminal Court.

Press Release: International campaign for the release of captives held as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
24.02.2025
Online press conference: On the tragic anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine the UN Special Rapporteur, Nobel Peace Prize laureates and human rights groups demand to free all captives of war.

Three Years of Full-scale Russia-Ukraine war: the Kharkiv Region
24.02.2025
To date, personal data of 7,225 witnesses and victims of international crimes allegedly committed by the Russian occupiers, as well as 117 probable perpetrators of such crimes, have been recorded by our organization in the Kharkiv Region.

Europe Needs Peace, Not a New ‘Munich Agreement’
24.02.2025
Three Years Since the Beginning of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine

Statement of Ukrainian Non-Governmental Organizations on the Impossibility of Holding Democratic Elections without the Sustainable Peace
21.02.2025
Democracy in war time must be protected even more than during peace time because the cost of a mistake or loss of trust is extremely high.

Statement by human rights organizations on the application of personal sanctions against Poroshenko, Zhevago, Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov
14.02.2025
The application of sanctions to opposition politicians and businessmen is an extrajudicial political reprisal that undermines the fundamental principles of law, grossly violates the Constitution and international agreements ratified by Ukraine, poses serious threats to human rights and fundamental freedoms, and is also a usurpation of power in the state.

Prison medicine: ways to humanize it
07.02.2025
In the Kherson region, a prisoner falls under occupation and is taken to Russia, where he becomes seriously ill. The aggressor state releases him on health grounds, but at home, the native penitentiary system locks him up again, barely alive. Let’s find out what is wrong with the Ukrainian procedure for release from prison due to illness.

A janitor, a cook, an informer — who is being tried for collaborating with the enemy?
06.02.2025
And also — priests, school and hospital directors, as well as ‘judges’, ‘prosecutors’, and fighters from illegal armed groups. We have analyzed the judicial practice for you.

“People first!”campaign calls to free the captives of Russia’s invasion
29.01.2025
With President Donald Trump set to initiate some form of peace negotiations on Ukraine this year, the coalition of human rights organisations, led by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Centre For Civil Liberties (Ukraine) and Memorial (Russia) are launching the PEOPLE FIRST! campaign.

Let life conquer all things — “Animal Rescue Kharkiv”
14.01.2025
Despite the danger, they go to hot spots to save those who cannot save themselves. 500 fish from Konstiantynivka, cats, dogs, pets, and even a turtle. We talk about life at the animal shelter, the difficulties of adoption, and stories with a happy ending with Yaryna Vyntoniuk, the representative of the organization “Animal Rescue Kharkiv”.