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Mariupol in danger of cholera outbreak, but Russian invaders concentrate on removing signs in Ukrainian

Russia’s relentless destruction of Mariupol has left the city and its residents in acute danger of a cholera outbreak, but Russian propaganda is concentrating on removing the Russian language and hunting down 'nationalists'

• Voices of war • Interview

‘I was afraid that I won’t be killed at once but will be maimed’ – a resident of Rubizhne

Natalia Shtepa left Rubizhne on March 26. She hid from the shelling with her neighbors in a cramped unfurnished basement. She says she slept sitting up for 17 nights.

Ukrainian medic seized and held captive in Russia for helping evacuate the wounded from Mariupol

It is well over two months since well-known Ukrainian medic and sportswoman Yulia Payevska (‘Taira’) was taken prisoner while travelling to treat and evacuate wounded civilians from besieged Mariupol.

• War crimes • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Imprisoned in occupied Crimea for opposing Russia’s war against Ukraine

Ukrainian pensioner Valeria Goldenberg has been imprisoned for two months and could face a five-year sentence for a protest against Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

• Children’s rights • War crimes

Teachers in occupied Kherson refuse to collaborate with Russian occupiers

Russian attempts to foist their educational program on occupied Kherson oblast schools have encountered resistance with virtually none of the school directors willing to collaborate

Not Putin alone. Majority of Russians surveyed have no problem with Russia’s carnage and destruction in Ukraine

The Levada Centre surveys should be read by all of those wanting to believe that a single madman is dragging his country into a war they didn’t ask for and do not support.

“We can't clean ourselves from the blood” – digest of Russian protests

Anna Perova and Ludmila Annenkova made an action «We can't clean ourselves from the blood»: barefoot, in dresses with red stains, they stood out near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Moscow. Both were detained. Activists are printing newspapers, preparing instructions for anti-war protests and even creating poetry in exchange for donations for Ukrainian refugees.

Russia abducts 25 volunteers delivering humanitarian aid to Mariupol, threatens to put them ‘on trial’

25 volunteer drivers delivering humanitarian aid to Russian-besieged Mariupol have been imprisoned for two months, with the Russian proxy Donetsk ‘republic’ threatening them with 10-year ‘sentences’

Ukrainian 'refugees' in Russia forced to give 'testimony' blaming Ukraine for Russian war crimes

Two separate sources in Russia have reported that Ukrainian refugees are being interrogated by Russian ‘investigators’ and pushed into providing ‘testimony’ that they came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Russian soldiers given long sentences in Ukraine for bombing civilian targets in Kharkiv oblast

In the second sentence for war crimes since Russia began its total invasion of Ukraine, two young Russian contract soldiers have received 11.5 year sentences for bombing civilian areas in the Kharkiv oblast.

Ukrainian POWs endure horrific torture by Russian captors

Recently freed Ukrainian prisoners of war have given harrowing accounts of the torture, cruel and degrading treatment they were subjected to after being taken prisoner

GANHRI and ENNHRI open letter on serious concerns in relation to the proposal to dismiss the current Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

Despite Russia’s total war against Ukraine and serious concerns expressed by human rights NGOs, 235 lawmakers voted on 31 May to dismiss Lyudmyla Denisova from her post as Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights

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