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Russia sentences three Ukrainian women to 12 years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders

Olha Hulchak, Olena Penza and Yulia Stanika are among an ever-increasing number of Ukrainians sentenced to terms of imprisonment longer than those that murderers or violent criminals get for their patriotism

High-ranking post in Russia for soldier accused of grave war crimes in Ukraine

Sergei Karasyov is the latest of many individuals identified by Ukraine, western investigators and media for their believed role in atrocities during the occupation of Kyiv oblast, whom Russia treats as 'heroes'

Monstrous sentences demanded against nine men abducted from Kherson and savagely tortured for insane Russian show trial

The charges against the men bear no scrutiny, but their absurdity, as well as the clear indications of torture, are clearly of no concern to the ‘judges’

Russian sentenced to life for the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kharkiv oblast

The court did not take into account Sergei Tuzhilov’s claim that he was “carrying out orders” when he shot dead one Ukrainian prisoner of war and instructed a subordinate to kill another

17-year-old from occupied Mariupol faces 20-year sentence on ‘treason’ charges for wanting to help Ukraine

It is worrying that the Russian FSB has only now reported the 17-year-old Ukrainian patriot’s ‘arrest, as he was clearly seized many months ago

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Prominent Crimean Tatar journalist and political scientist prosecuted for ‘extremism’ in an academic work

The occupation authorities were evidently looking for any pretext to harass Lenora Dyulber, presenter of the Crimean Tatar talk show Merkez and came up with two, each as preposterous as the other

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Worse than North Korea and plummeting. Russia hits new depths in Crimea, other occupied parts of Ukraine

Russia is quite openly using terror and repression in occupied Crimea to silence all voices of dissent and of Ukrainian identity with it likely that the situation is at least as bad on other occupied territory

Russia sentences Ukrainian pensioner to 12 years and forces him to ‘repent on video’ for supporting Ukraine

Sentences against Ukrainians accused essentially of patriotism are long and guaranteed, with ‘trials’ taking place in total secrecy

Ukrainian, abducted as a teenager from occupied Donbas in 2019, sentenced by Russian court to 22 years

Valery Zaitsev was just 19 when he was seized in occupied Donetsk oblast, together with his mother whom the same ‘court’ sentenced to 10 years

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

Ex-military and Ukrainian: No more needed for Russian ‘treason trials’ and massive sentences

Both Ruslan Chorny-Shvets and Serhiy Lykhomanov were seized over two years ago in occupied Sevastopol, with threats against Serhiy’s family used to force him to admit to surreal charges

• Access to information • Research

When Information Starts Working on Its Own

On the role of information resources in the era of a new digital space and artificial intelligence reality: the example of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group’s websites.

• Voices of war

‘Bro-wolfieʼ: The story of a soldier who survived in Mariupol and rebuilt his life

For several years, he has been attending rallies for the liberation of prisoners of war every week. This man, who uses a wheelchair, brings joy to those around him through his constant jokes and by entertaining children. His distinctive appearance has made him a symbol at these events. “Bro-wolfie” reflects on the start of the war, the occupation of Mariupol, and life after losing both legs.

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