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Fake Russian 'court' sentences young Melitopol man to 19 years on rail partisan charges

It is unclear whether Vitaliy Skorokhod was one of the courageous partisans defending Ukraine on occupied territory or a victim of Russia’s brutal methods of fabricating prosecutions and terrorising the population

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Schoolkids in occupied Ukraine to face mandatory ‘history’ exam denying Russia’s invasion of Crimea and other crimes

The 9th Grade ‘exam’ will test students’ ability to repeat the fictitious version of events presented in Russian ‘history textbooks’ penned by Putin crony Vladimir Medinsky

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Brutal 16-year sentence against 67-year-old Crimean pensioner for being from Western Ukraine

Nina Tymoshenko will be turning 68 in a few weeks, and would be very unlikely to survive the 16-year sentence for supposedly passing on information she is unlikely to have had any access to

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58-year-old Luhansk school head abducted in Crimea and charged with ‘treason’ for donations to Ukraine’s Army

On the cynical charges and likely sentence against Maryna Kovalenko, 17-year-sentence against Liudmyla Kolesnikova, who returned to her dying mother, as well as Russia's 'reward' - a 20-year sentence - for a Ukrainian traitor

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Ukrainian POW sentenced to 18 years for defending Mariupol prosecuted again for saying that Russia invaded Ukraine

While Russia’s war of aggression undoubtedly discredits both the Russian regime and its military, Anton Saikhiev, whom Russia has imprisoned for defending his country, was prosecuted for telling the truth

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Chilling denial, despite videoed evidence, of Russia’s abduction of Sevastopol IT analyst Serhiy Hrishchenkov

It will soon be ten months since 58-year-old Serhiy Hryshchenkov was abducted, with it frightening unclear why the FSB are denying their evident involvement in this

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Ukrainian volunteer abducted in 2022 ‘found’ in Russian FSB-controlled Crimean prison

Russia is continuing to conceal the whereabouts of Hola Prystan Mayor Oleksandr Babych, volunteer Oleksandr Kostiuk and very many others with details emerging only thanks to freed prisoners

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Brutal Russian roulette with the life of gravely ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner

Results of a recent echocardiogram are alarming, yet the Russian prison authorities are doing nothing to minimise the direct danger to Amet Suleimanov’s life

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Russia brings long sentences for pro-Ukrainian social media posts to occupied Ukraine

In 2014, a person protesting against Russia’s invasion of Crimea, warned that Russian occupation meant been forced into silence. That is now tragically clear in other parts of occupied Ukraine

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Help force Russia to free abducted and tortured Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant employees!

Russia’s armed occupation of the largest nuclear power station in Europe is not only a question of nuclear safety. Voices are needed to ensure that Russia ends its terror and releases Ukrainian employees held prisoner

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USA refuses to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity and a lasting peace on anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion

The UN resolution was hardly controversial. It called for the return of all civilian hostages, including children, a just and lasting peace and respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty

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Crimean Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to six years for refusing to renounce his faith

Russia has, once again, brought repression against an entire family, with Vitaliy Buryk not persecuted because of 'extremist activities', but because he continued to practise his faith