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• Voices of war   • Interview

‘We were bombed every day’

Hanna is a resident of the Kherson Region who survived the Russian occupation and the near-complete destruction of her native village. According to the mayor, 80% of the central part of the village was damaged or destroyed. A woman says the Russians bombed her barn and proudly reported that they had blown up an ammunition depot.

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

Fake ‘secret witness’ exposed in Russia’s politically timed persecution of Crimean Solidarity journalist and other Crimean Tatars

Six Crimean Tatars were arrested on entirely different charges, but immediately after Russia suffered a humilating attack on a military airbase in occupied Crimea

• War crimes

Russia stages illegal raids against Ukrainians as supposed 'foreigners' in occupied Ukraine

The invading power is even refusing critical medication to children unless their parents accept Russian citizenship

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘More than twenty bullets were fired into my car’

Maksym Klymenko is a resident of the village of Velyka Dymerka in the Kyiv Region. When the village was occupied, the man came under fire. Two bullets hit the shoulder, and one hit the head. A Russian drove near, pulled a machine gun, and started shooting through the window. Then he chased Maksym’s car and tried to throw him off the road.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean artist Bohdan Ziza's 15-year ‘terrorism’ sentence for opposing Russia’s war against Ukraine

Bohdan Ziza has been described as “a symbol of pro-Ukrainian protest in occupied Crimea”, with Russia’s use of ‘terrorism’ charges in reprisal for his courage and refusal to be cowered into silence

• War crimes

UN documents Russian rape, torture, indiscriminate bombing of civilians and other war crimes in Ukraine

The UN Commission established appalling crimes, such as the repeated beating and rape of an 83-year-old woman in front of her disabled husband and the killing of a couple who had reported the wife's rape by Russian soldiers

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

Russia opens third prison in occupied Crimea to hold political prisoners and civilian hostages abducted from mainland Ukraine

Russia is continuing to seize and torture civilians in all parts of Ukraine that fall under its occupation, with many hostages held for over a year without any charges being laid

• Events

Imprisoned Russian poet Alexander Byvshev charged with ‘calls to terrorism’ for poem condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine

Alexander Byvshev has refused to be silent about Russia’s aggression despite persecution since 2014. He is now, however, facing a likely long term of imprisonment for no more than naming Russia’s war crimes

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘With one strike, the plane destroyed six houses...’

Olena Mishchenko is a resident of the Korolivka village in the Kyiv Region. The woman survived bombings, shelling, and murders of loved ones. The Russians destroyed Olena’s house, and she had to bury the dead in her yard.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia seeks to strip a fourth lawyer of his licence after jailing him for defending Ukrainian political prisoners

Independent lawyers have long been 'the enemy' of the Russian occupation regime for their determination to properly defend political prisoners and Ukrainians abducted from parts of mainland Ukraine temporarily under Russian occupation

• The right to life   • Human Rights Violations associated with EuroMaidan

First sentences in Ukraine over mass murder of Maidan activists

The prosecutor has already announced that he will be appealing against the startling verdicts and sentences

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘I still have terrible dreams,’ — Bucha City Council Manager

Even now, it is impossible to talk about the atrocities of the Russian military in Bucha without tears. Dmytro Hapchenko, the manager of the affairs of the Bucha City Council, remained in the city throughout the occupation. In an interview with KHPG, he shares his memories and talks about what has been done to return to the townspeople at least a little peace and confidence in the future.