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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Tortured Crimean Tatar political prisoner forced to memorize and rehearse fake sabotage ‘confession’

Asan Akhtemov has told a Russian occupation court about the torture used to force him to give false testimony against himself, his cousin Aziz, and Nariman Dzhelyal, journalist, human rights defender and leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people

• War crimes

Russia threatens deportation from Kherson & Zaporizhzhia oblasts for pro-Ukraine views and for ‘discrediting’ the invaders

Ukrainians expressing support for Ukraine and circulating accurate information about Russia’s invasion and the crimes it is committing on Ukrainian territory could be forcibly deported within 24 hours

• War crimes   • Events

How are Russia’s missile strikes on civilians in Vinnytsia and Chasiv Yar not terrorism?

Even a so-called ‘special military operation’, as Vladimir Putin euphemistically called Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine must obey the laws of war, and that means not deliberately killing children, like 4-year-old Lisa Dmitrieva

• War crimes

Abducted 16-year-old was forced to clean up after Russian invaders' torture of Ukrainian POWs and hostages

Vlad Buriak, the 16-year-old son of the Head of a Zaporizhzhia District Administration was released from Russian captivity on 7 July almost exactly three months after Russian soldiers abducted him

• War crimes   • Research

Missing persons and enforced disappearances in the Kherson Region (24 February-24 June 2022)

During Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine the Kherson Region became a part of the country with the highest number of enforced disappearances and illegal detention among civilians. To date (24 June 2022) 412 victims of these crimes have been identified.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean Tatar journalist detained on charges of ‘discrediting Russian army’ and jailed for 'showing resistance'

Rolan Osmanov was jailed for supposed ‘resistance’, with another occupation ‘court hearing’ scheduled for 14 July on the charge that he ‘discredited the Russian army’ on Facebook

• War crimes

Russian proxy ‘Donetsk republic’ threatens foreign defenders of Ukraine will be executed, with families not told when

There is no such thing as an independent court in ‘DPR’ and any decision regarding the two Britons' and Moroccan's fate will be taken by Moscow

• Events

Feminists, “Railroad Partisans” and School-Leavers Protest. A Digest of Protests in Russia, 25 June-2 July 2022

During the past week Ilya Yashin, a well-known opposition politician, was arrested in Moscow; Russia’s feminists, the “railroad partisans” and school-leavers showed their opposition to the war in a variety of ways; while Vesna activists in several cities responded to the Russian shelling of the KremenchukShopping Centre [on 27 June] with a ‘Last Purchase’ protest.

• Freedom of conscience and religion   • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean Tatar sentenced to 19 years on 'sheer fantasy' charges

Three ‘judges’ from the notorious Southern District Military Court in Rostov (Russia) have sentenced 34-year-old Ismet Ibragimov to 19 years’ imprisonment without any crime and on charges that Ismet’s neighbours say “border on fantasy”.

• Politics

Former HR Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova on her dismissal, 4 years of work, Ukrainians in occupied areas

KHPG spoke to a former human rights ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova who was recently sacked with quite a scandal. Mrs Denisova says that she knows the real reason for her dismissal but prefers not to disclose it to prevent possible damage.

• The right to liberty and security

Well-known Ukrainian journalist and rights defender taken prisoner by Russian invaders

Like very many Ukrainian civilians, Maksym Butkevych saw no option but to join Ukraine’s Armed Forces soon after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

• Events

61-year-old Russian given 7-year prison sentence for criticizing Russia’s war against Ukraine, in bitter déjà vu from Soviet times

Alexei Gorinov has become the first Russian to receive a long prison sentence for telling the truth about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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