News
DNA used to identify Ukrainian civilians abducted and murdered by the Russian invaders
20.01.2025
The three civilians abducted in 2022 were killed in Russian captivity, as were Yevhen Matvieiev, Mayor of Dniprorudne, 27-year-old journalist Victoria Roshchyna, and, almost certainly, others
Huge sentences without a crime. 10 years of Russia’s conveyor belt of religious and political persecution in occupied Crimea
20.01.2025
Russia's FSB forced ‘retrials’ of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev to ensure the right paperwork. All of the terror and repression seen in Crimea is already or will soon be applied on all Ukrainian territory under Russian occupation.
Tortured by the Russians, abandoned back home in Ukraine
17.01.2025
Yury Armash may well have saved the lives of many Ukrainian POWs and civilian hostages, and his treatment since he was freed seems particularly shocking. So too are the obstacles former civilian hostages encounter in proving they were held by the Russians
Ukrainian political prisoner imprisoned for 10 years in Russia’s revenge for Euromaidan is 'released', yet not freed
17.01.2025
Andriy Kolomiyets has served a 10-year sentence on legally absurd and politically motivated charges, and it is vital, perhaps with the help of a third country, that he is freed and not held indefinitely in a ‘deportation centre’
Two Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russian-occupied Crimea sentenced to 6 years for studying the Bible online
16.01.2025
The alleged proof that Viktor Kudinov and Serhiy Zhyhalov had ‘organized the activities of an extremist organization' was that they had thanked people for their responses to questions concerning their faith
Ukrainian defender’s mother and her nephew abducted and sentenced by Russian 'court' to 15 years
15.01.2025
The 'trial' of Nona Halka, who also has two underage children, and her nephew Victor Meshniakov, was held behind closed doors, with it quite likely that Nonna was seized purely because her son is defending Ukraine
Russia sentences young Sevastopol man to 11 years, claiming he emailed Ukraine’s Security Service
14.01.2025
Kostiantyn Horlynchenko is the latest victim of the Russian FSB’s attempts to both terrorise the population in occupied Crimea and to claim ‘good statistics’ by fabricating ‘saboteur plots’
Crimean Tatar sentenced by Russia to 19 years for ‘religious dissidence’ hurled into punishment cell for prayer
13.01.2025
This was near certainly a targeted attack on Muslim Aliev, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and fellow Crimean Tatar political prisoner Teymur Abdullayev
Russian ‘psychologists’ used to get kids in occupied Ukraine to report on their parents
13.01.2025
As well as trying to indoctrinate children and block their access to Ukrainian sites, the invaders are using them to try to hunt down relatives or neighbours opposing Russian occupation
Over a thousand days of Russian hell and torture for defending Ukraine
10.01.2025
Russia’s reprisals against POWs from the 36th Marine Brigade have probably been especially savage because this courageous brigade refused to betrayed their oath in 2014 and defended Mariupol in 2022
Publications
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”.
With a bag over my head, I was taken to a torture chamber in Donetsk
13.01.2025
Liudmyla Huseinova spent three years in Russian captivity. Unbearable conditions of detention, being placed in a “glass”, being summoned for the “entertainment” of Russian soldiers — the story of a prisoner of the Kremlin is in our article.
Our Super Mario — a Spanish volunteer in Russian captivity
08.01.2025
Spanish citizen Mariano Garcia Calatayud has been in Russian captivity for over two years. He was tortured with electric shocks, his teeth were knocked out, and a dog was set on him. The volunteer’s common-law wife, Maryna Tetiana Oleksandrivna, talks about his love for Ukraine, struggle, and captivity.
When a Scalpel Becomes a Kitchen Knife: How Ukrainian Courts Skillfully Distort ECtHR Practice
18.12.2024
The legal positions developed by the most prominent professionals in Europe are sometimes used inappropriately, sometimes out of place, and sometimes simply in a different context than intended.
Inadmissible evidence in examinations
18.12.2024
It is quite obvious that charges cannot be based on illegal evidence. The standards of proof in criminal proceedings should be clear and comply with the CPC. Is this really the case? Does the court exercise proper judicial control, does it evaluate evidence in accordance with the CPC?
Do today’s HACC decisions comply with European practice?
18.12.2024
In continuation of the discussion started by Tetyana Kozachenko in her article “Can a huge bail replace justice”.
Can a huge bail replace justice?
18.12.2024
The unrealized public demand for fighting corruption has led the law enforcement and judicial systems to imitate it. One of the methods of this imitation was the openly repressive nature of anti-corruption proceedings, especially at the pre-trial investigation stage.
Yevhen Zakharov: '...And that's when we created KHPG'
05.12.2024
Fighting against punitive psychiatry, helping distributors of the informal press, and... gardening. On the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group's birthday, its director, Yevhen Zakharov, tells us how it all began.
Open Letter on Improving the Anti-Corruption Infrastructure in Ukraine
03.12.2024
We strive to build a state governed by the rule of law, where corruption has no place. But we have to admit that anti-corruption agencies do not adhere to the rule of law, have inherited Soviet approaches, and imitate the fight against corruption.
Assistance to prisoners of war, civil prisoners and their families. Analytical report
06.11.2024
For several months, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group has been searching for prisoners of war and missing persons and providing assistance to their families. We publish the findings and results of this meticulous work.
How do you overcome the negative emotions that get to you every day?
28.10.2024
Optimism, altruism, and slight madness: the director of KHPG, Yevhen Zakharov, shares how to protect human rights during the war without burnout.
Voices of Mariupol — a film by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
22.10.2024
The heroes of our film lived an ordinary happy life. Carefree schoolgirl Mariia Vdovichenko dreamed of dancing at the graduation, doctor Hanna Shevchyk cherished newborns, Yevhen Sosnovsky realized himself as a talented photo artist. Instead, on February 24, 2022, the Russians turned their beloved city into hell.