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• War crimes

Russian invaders move to strip Ukrainians forced to flee occupied Berdiansk of their homes

Among the immensely cynical ploys that Russia is using is to demand that the owners of property in occupied Ukraine claim it to be 'Russian'

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘I realisied that it's a kilometre to run through unexploded shells to get to the well...’ — Chronicles of occupied Izium

Vitalii Smazhev spent 100 days with his mother in occupied Izium (a town in Kharkiv Region). He had to dig graves for old people who were dying of cold and get food from destroyed supermarkets.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia has turned Crimea into a huge prison for political prisoners and hostages from Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has added civilian hostages from occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts to its already huge number of Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners

• War crimes

International Court of Justice rules that Russia must answer over Ukraine’s Genocide case

The UN court’s ruling also means that its binding Order that Russia immediately cease its bombing of Ukraine remains in force and could result in Russia being ordered to pay reparations

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘Our evacuation train was shot,’ — memoirs of a film director from Irpin

After ten days of being under shelling, Olha Hdulia left Irpin with one backpack and two cats. Like thousands of city residents, she evacuated across the destroyed Romanivsky Bridge, which is now called the Bridge of Life.

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

Horrific sentences against Crimean Solidarity journalists for telling the world of Russia’s crimes in occupied Crimea

All of those implicated in this final attack on Crimean Tatar civic journalists and activists should be named and placed under international sanctions

• Events

Bizarre 'motives' concocted to imprison renowned Memorial Head for opposing Russia's war against Ukraine

Russia is clearly trying to imprison 70-year-old Oleg Orlov, by claiming that his opposition to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine was based on ‘ideological enmity towards traditional spiritual-moral and patriotic values’

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

UN Court finds Russia violated international law, yet ignores MH17 and Moscow's other crimes in occupied Ukraine

Some of the International Court of Justice’s arguments for rejecting other parts of Ukraine’s case against Russia are more difficult to fathom

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean convicted of ‘desecrating symbol of Russia’s military glory’ for protesting war against Ukraine

Oleksandr Tiurenko’s protest may have been specific, but it was a political protest against Russia’s war of aggression as, effectively, recognized by those who laid the charges

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘Graves of killed civilians in every yard’ — Yurii Liapkalo, Mariupol

Yurii Liapkalo and his three-year-old son Hlib tried to survive almost two months under constant shelling without normal food, water, heat, or communication. They managed to evacuate in April 2022. They live in the Czech Republic now, but sometimes Hlib still looks for shelter when he hears a rumble in the sky.

• Penal institutions

Mobilization of convicts: Pros and cons

On January 19, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada registered draft law No. 10419, which allows amnesty for specific categories of prisoners. On condition that they go to the frontline.

• Freedom of expression

Prison for ‘likes’ in the social networks? How people are punished in Ukraine for justifying Russian aggression

Likes in social media, correspondence in messengers, and even phone conversations. All of this can lead to imprisonment if a costly forensic examination reveals that it justifies Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group analyzed 715 verdicts against people accused of such crimes.

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