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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

New Russian terror against Crimean Tatar civic activist and his family

Yet another Crimean Tatar civic activist is facing serious charges for a social media post after being seized by Russian enforcement officers on 6 April and held incommunicado from early morning until late in the evening.

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At least 50 Ukrainians were burned to death in Russia’s bombing of Mariupol hospitals

While claiming to be ‘liberating’ Donbas, Russia has again killed Ukrainians seeking humanitarian aid, and the death toll in Mariupol includes at least 210 children

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Belarusians name Russian soldiers caught on camera sending goods plundered in Ukraine to Russia

Robbery may be the least of the crimes committed by the Russians who invaded Bucha and other Ukrainian towns, but it is quite likely that those now sending even stolen children’s toys to Russia also took part in rapes, torture and killings

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Kherson journalist kidnapped by Russian invaders after reporting their violent suppression of a peaceful protest

Oleksandr Hunko, Editor of Nova Kakhovka Citi, was seized by Russian soldiers on 3 April, shortly after he published information and a video of the invaders’ brutal dispersal of a demonstration against Russia’s occupation

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Ukrainian sportsman tortured to death by Russian invaders

Among the victims of Russian war crimes in the Sumy oblast was Serhiy Pronevych, a Ukrainian marathon runner, who had got into the 2019 Ukrainian Guiness Book of Records

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russian invaders imprison Crimean Tatar from Kherson oblast on surreal charges

Russia’s FSB has arrested Rustem Gugurik, a taxi driver from Novooleksiivka (Kherson oblast), and accused him of involvement, while in mainland Ukraine, in an organization which is totally legal in Ukraine

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Russian invaders mine children’s playgrounds leaving trail of horrific war crimes

The horrific discoveries in the Kyiv oblast towns after Russia’s retreat at the end of March make it frighteningly clear just how much Russia has to hide in areas it is occupying or besieging.

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Russian FSB produce ‘refugee’ propaganda video blaming Ukrainian soldiers for Russia's war crimes in Mariupol

A recent video in which a ‘Ukrainian refugee’ thanked Russia and claimed atrocities by Ukrainian Azov soldiers was secretly produced by Russia’s FSB

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Russia resorts to terror and arrests to crush pro-Ukraine resistance in Enerhodar

The invaders used violence against a demonstration on 2 April, and are believed to be holding a lot of local residents prisoner

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Famous Ukrainian photojournalist Maksym Levin killed in Russia's war against Ukraine

Maksym Levin’s body has been found in the Kyiv oblast, three weeks after the renowned journalist and documentary produced disappeared together with a long-term colleague, Oleksiy Chernyshov

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Outspoken Kherson journalist Kostiantyn Ryzhenko disappears while Russia terrorizes his family

There has been no contact with Kherson journalist and Chief Editor of Kherson NewsCity, Kostiantyn Ryzhenko since 30 March and there is every reason to believe he is in danger because of his courage in reporting Kherson resistance to the Russian invasion

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Over 60 places of worship in Ukraine, as well as sites of cultural heritage, have been attacked by the Russian invaders, with some totally destroyed

The Russian regime does not recognize Ukraine’s right to exist, and may well want to destroy the country’s rich historical and cultural legacy