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Russia churns out mass sentences for ‘spying’, with only the part of occupied Ukraine varying

The following were just those sentences on one day in November where the names of Russia's victims are known

‘War tourism’ plans for Mariupol and other cities Russia first mercilessly bombed

Although hampered by Russia’s destruction and ongoing fighting, such ‘tourism’ would be based on the fakes, false narrative and aggressive propaganda which Russia has been pushing since 2014

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Monstrous sentences against Crimean Tatar journalist and activists seized in Russian retaliation for a humiliating attack by Ukraine

Sentences of up to 19 years were passed despite the only verifiable ‘evidence’ being an innocuous conversation about Muslim daily prayers seven years earlier

Music in Captivity: The Marine Corps Orchestra Conductor’s Story

Serhiy Smirnov is a military conductor who has led the orchestra of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade for nearly a decade. From April 2022 to September 2024, he was held in captivity alongside his comrades. One of them was tortured to death by Russian forces, and five of his musicians remain in captivity.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

74-year-old Crimean Tatar historian detained and prosecuted over interview about the 1944 Deportation

The uncle of three political prisoners is facing prosecution over the entirely accurate comment that the perpetrators of Soviet crimes were not held to account

Ukraine’s powerlifting champion sentenced in Russia to 19 years for partisan acts in defence of her home

“I decided to fight against Russia’s military aggression. Perhaps my words are worsening my position, but, your honour, my conscience is more important for me.” From Yulia Lemeshchenko’s final address to the Russian court before its horrific sentence.

Berdiansk man sentenced to 12 years after 18 months in Russian torture prisons

Volodymyr Yatsun was abducted twice, although the stunt claiming to show his 'arrest' was probably staged long after the 50-year-old from occupied Berdiansk (Zaporizhzhia oblast) had been seized by the Russians

“‘Insane nonsense to hand Donbas over to Russia’. Sloviansk residents knew occupation and don’t want it again

Residents of government-controlled Donbas have no wish to 'be voluntarily handed over' to Russia and fear the Russian soldiers who "gun down civilians"

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russian FSB come for Crimean Tatar father and son in night terror raid

Russia is increasingly targeting two or more members of the same family for its abductions and politically motivated 'trials', with it very likely that 65-year-old Seithalil and his son, Ruslan, are facing torture to extract fake 'confessions'

Ukrainian POW subjected to two fake trials and massive sentences in revenge for defending Mariupol

Ivan Melnykovych is the latest of a huge number of Ukrainian defenders to be sentenced on surreal 'terrorism' charges after Russia first staged a quite different show trial

Russians use child and her parents as human shields in their attack on Pokrovsk

Russia has been using civilians as human shields since 2014, with its systematic and murderous attacks increasingly condemned, not only as war crimes but as crimes against humanity

• Penal institutions

The Court of Appeal frees Viktor Sleptsov: a decision that should have been made immediately

The Vinnytsia Oblast Court of Appeal, presided over by Judge Serhiy Medvetskyi, ruled to release Viktor Sleptsov—a 68-year-old lifer with stage IV cancer.

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