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• Freedom of expression • Human Rights Abuses 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
• Voices of war • Interview
Blooming and beautiful — with these words, Liudmyla Halaka describes Borodianka. However, neither the beauty nor the amenities that struck the Russian occupiers prevented them from destroying not only the village but also human lives.
• War crimes
Russia has given the verified confession made by one of its own soldiers, Daniil Frolkin, extra publicity by lodging absurd criminal charges against him
• War crimes • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
Rustem Osmanov was abducted by the Russian invaders from his home in Kherson oblast in April this year and illegally taken to occupied Crimea where a kangaroo ‘court’ sentenced him to six years on absurd charges
As a result of the airstrike, Iryna’s husband and a two-year-old son were injured. Their apartment was destroyed. But she wants to live in Borodianka and hopes to earn money for new housing.
There is every reason to believe that Russia knew it would kill children and other civilians when it bombed Mariupol’s Drama Theatre back in March and that it is now seeking to eliminate all evidence
Four Russians, two of them from a Russian military intelligence [GRU] special forces unit, have been sentenced to 11 years for abducting Ukrainians in Kharkiv oblast and torturing them
Despite the persuasions of the children, a couple of pensioners from Borodianka refused to evacuate. They survived the air raids and saw the helicopters flying low overhead. Then, one day, Russians broke into their yard and began an interrogation.
We met with Halyna Khoroshchak in her apartment in Borodianka, which was destroyed by air strikes. With tears in her eyes, the woman spoke about how the Russians dropped bombs on residential buildings, shot civilians, and looted.
• Announcements
International Memorial’s board decided to provide the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group with half of its Peace Prize, as KHPG is the only operating branch of Memorial in Ukraine. The entire amount will be allocated to the victims of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
A ‘court’ in Belarus has sentenced Vitaliy Melnik to 16 years’ harsh regime imprisonment in reprisal for the Belarusian’s role in obstructing Russia’s attempt to seize Kyiv.
Mariupol resident Mariana Checheliuk will be turning 23 on 5 January 2023 with her parents and younger sister not even certain where the Russia are imprisoning her