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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crippling fine against Crimean Tatar newspaper accused of ‘discrediting’ Russia’s army

Russia will not tolerate any independent media, and Qirim has not been cowered into silence

Fake Russian occupation ‘court’ sentences Ukrainian POWs to 17 years for guarding Ukraine's territory

Instead of complying with international law and treating Vasyl Dmytriuk and Ivan Tereshchenko as prisoners of war, Russia concocted preposterous charges from 2018

Serious allegations still not addressed over Russian Red Cross links with Putin war machine

Damning details of the role played by the Russian Red Cross and its head, Petr Savchuk, and of the vital role not played by the International Committee of the Red Cross clearly need adequate response

Russia hits resistance in occupied Ukraine as Ukrainians refuse to give up their language

Despite aggressive propaganda, intimidation and forced ‘Russification’, Ukrainians in occupied territory are continuing to speak Ukrainian and demand education in Ukrainian for their children

Fake ‘trial’ incriminates Russia in abduction and horrific torture of Ukrainian patriot Serhiy Kuris

The ‘trial’ is based on ‘confessions’ obtained after horrific torture which his captors threatened to repeat against his wife and small son

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean students’ grades lowered for not writing 'thank you letters' to Russian soldiers invading Ukraine

Russia has been forcing children and their teachers to produce letters to the soldiers committing war crimes since soon after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Russian soldiers post video showing mock execution and other torment of Ukrainian prisoners of war

Russia has dropped any attempt to prevent its fighters from posting incriminating evidence. On the contrary, it appears to be deliberately flaunting appalling war crimes against captured Ukrainian defenders

Marianna Checheliuk emaciated and frail, but back in Ukraine after two years of torture in Russian captivity

Marianna was just 22 when taken prisoner by the Russians and subjected to physical torture and cruel psychological torment

Putin awards ‘hero of Russia’ status for war crimes against Ukrainian civilians in Yahidne and Mariupol

Chalym Chuldum-ool’s brigade was implicated in the imprisonment of 369 men, women and children in horrific conditions, using them as human shields, while Alexander Evtody is believed to have taken part in the bombing of civilians in Mariupol

• Army

Law on mobilization: The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group analysis

We explain whether going to the military registration and enlistment office (TTsK) is necessary and how it will issue call-up papers and register cars. And also, why the new law does not actually solve our problems.

Russia calls donations to Ukrainian Army ‘financing terrorism’ as it escalates repression in occupied Ukraine

Russia is stepping up prosecutions for social media posts, however old, and is openly trying to terrorize Ukrainians by demonstrating that even their bank accounts are under surveillance

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

Ukrainian becomes first Jehovah’s Witness to face escalated persecution in Russian prison

Russia has been persecuting Ukrainian believers since soon after its appalling ban of a world faith, however this is the first time that any Jehovah’s Witness has faced such an escalation in sentence

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