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Russia sentences 19-year-old Ukrainian to 8 years for ‘spying for Ukraine’ as a young boy

Kyrylo Shcherbak may well have been abducted and held captive in occupied Luhansk oblast from when he was just 16

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

New legislation formalizes Russia’s brutal isolation of Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners

The new provisions are draconian, however Russia’s treatment of Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners and POWs has always been savage, with or without norms

UN monitors report massive increase in Russian attacks on civilians throughout Ukraine

By mass attacks on residential buildings like the missile strike that killed 17-year-old Roman and his younger brother and sister, Russia is openly killing and maiming civilians and seeking to instil terror among the population

Life-threatening reprisals against Russian historian of Stalin’s Terror Yury Dmitriev

Instead of providing (potentially life-saving medical tests and treatment, the Russian prison staff are increasing Dmitriev's torment by punishing him for being too weak to do their 'morning exercises'

Russia sentences 64-year-old Melitopol woman to 16 years on idiotic ‘terrorism’ charges

The Russian FSB clearly needed daylight for their propaganda video, and knew that the lack of even minimal credibility would not stop a Russian court from passing a monstrous sentence against Larysa Havrylenko

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

New attack on independent Muslim community in Russian-occupied Crimea

The charges against Idris Yurdamov, Head of the Eskir Qirim Muslim community pertain to 'prohibited literature' which the community could have nothing to do with following earlier persecution

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

6-year sentences for prayer amid Russia’s mounting persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in occupied Crimea

It is becoming difficult to keep up with the new armed searches and insane criminal charges, with it a question of time before Russia extends such religious persecution to other Ukrainian territory under its occupation

Ukrainian POW horrifically tortured, with words ‘glory to Russia’ burned on his chest

It is likely that the prisoner of war was already wounded when this latest atrocity was committed

Lawyers of nine Ukrainian political prisoners abducted from Kherson demand action over their systematic torture in Russian captivity

The nine men were abducted and tortured while Kherson was under Russian occupation, with the invaders now continuing such torture while the men are held prisoner in Russia

Churches of the Donetsk region: The number of Russian attacks has increased this year

A few days before the “truce” announced by Russian dictator Putin, Russian troops attacked the Church of St. Ambrose of Optina in Dobropillya twice. Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Kostiantynivka churches were also destroyed or damaged. Journalist Serhiy Okunev reported fresh information from the frontline cities about Russian attacks on churches.

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

Huge sentences demanded in Russia’s reprisal for humiliation over Ukrainian attack on military airbase

Five Crimean Tatars face sentences of 11-17 years, one of them a likely death sentence, with the pretext for ‘terrorism’ charges a conversation about prayer which the FSB had illicitly taped seven years earlier

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russian FSB abduct Crimean couple, place their child in care

Russia’s abductions in occupied Crimea are becoming chillingly lawless and brutal, with children left deeply traumatized

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