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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia declares peaceful Crimean Tatar organization ‘terrorist’ to escalate repression in occupied parts of Ukraine

Russia’s Supreme Court has passed yet another politically motivated ruling, declaring a peaceful Ukrainian organization ‘terrorist’ and leading potentially to 20-year sentences

• War crimes

'Death sentences’ of British & Moroccan POWs in occupied Donbas show clearly why Russia must be driven out of all of Ukraine

Two British and a Moroccan fighting for Ukraine in Mariupol have been ‘sentenced to death’ by an unrecognized ‘court’ from the Russian-controlled ‘Donetsk people’s republic’

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Young Crimean Tatar likely tortured into ‘confessing’ to anti-war protest

It is of particular concern that the supposed ‘confession’ was made while Aziz Faizullaev’s lawyer was being prevented from seeing him

• War crimes

Russia hides all details about soldiers killed in Ukraine as a ‘state secret’

Russian media are deleting lists of Russian soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine following a court ruling stating that such information constitutes ‘a state secret’

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

Crucial judgement for Jehovah’s Witnesses as Russia tries to deny ECHR jurisdiction for its war crimes in Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia’s ban of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to be unlawful and has ordered, among other things, that Russia discontinue current proceedings and release those imprisoned for their faith

• War crimes

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.

• War crimes

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

• War crimes

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.

• Events

“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.