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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Volodymyr Dudka: 14 years of torment in Russian captivity for being Ukrainian in occupied Crimea

Dudka, a retired naval captain and two academics Oleksiy Bessarabov and Dmytro Shtyblikov were arrested, tortured and sentenced because of their naval past and because the FSB wanted another ‘Ukrainian saboteur’ show trial

• Events

Court in Russia imposes massive fine for criticizing Stalin and telling the truth about Soviet collaboration with Nazi Germany

The sentence is especially chilling as Russia is presently applying the same measures to instil an entirely false version of its war of aggression against Ukraine

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘I want to enjoy life in my native Kherson’

Valentyna Mykhailivna lived with her husband, daughter, and three grandchildren not far from the famous Chornobaivka. Together, they survived the occupation, the Kakhovka dam’s explosion, and celebrated Kherson’s liberation.

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

Russia abducts, tortures and imprisons Crimean Tatar from Kherson oblast, then tries to make him ‘Russian’

Ruslan Abdurakhmanov is one of an ever-increasing number of Ukrainian political prisoners whom the Russians abducted from occupied territory after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean violently detained, prosecuted and forced to ‘apologise’ for awaiting Ukraine’s liberation of Russian-occupied Crimea

Three members of Andriy Babychenko’s family were convicted of ‘disobeying’ the armed and masked men who burst into their home and forced him to the ground because of pro-Ukrainian social media posts. He was convicted on another charge and may face more

• War crimes

UN commission confirms Russian systematic use of torture and points to evidence of incitement to genocide in Ukraine

The findings are damning but only highlight the need for more robust measures, including International Criminal Court proceedings now to ensure accountability for grave war crimes and perhaps crimes against humanity

• War crimes

Occupied Donbas residents ask Russia why it 'liberated' them from food and water

Even some of those who helped invade Ukraine and who still support ‘Russian world’ ideology admit that Russia has brought only devastation and suffering to occupied Donbas

• War crimes

Executions in Bucha and Torture chambers in the Kharkiv Region: An announcement of new ICC submissions

On September 27th The T4P (Tribunal for Putin) initiative presents two submissions to the International Criminal Court regarding crimes against humanity.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

YouTube increasingly blocked in occupied Crimea as Russia intensifies censorship over its war against Ukraine

Occupied Crimea may, it is suggested, be Russia’s testing ground because of the large number of Crimeans opposing its invasion and annexation of the peninsula

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

68-year-old Crimean Halyna Dovhopola imprisoned in Russia for 12 years on ‘treason’ charges for supporting Ukraine

The charges against Halyna Dovhopola remain as secret as the ‘court hearings’ behind closed doors, without an independent lawyer, but she was almost certainly targeted because of her pro-Ukrainian views

• War crimes

Russia claims tortured POW who defended Ukraine in Kherson committed ‘international terrorism’

Pavlo Zaporozhets is facing a 20-year sentence or life imprisonment under Russian legislation although he is accused only of actions, carried out by a Ukrainian defender, against the Russians who had invaded and seized Kherson

• Events

Prominent Crimean Tatar journalist 'sentenced' by Russian court to 6 years for Facebook post about saving Oleh Sentsov's life

The ‘trial’ and sentence against Aider Muzhdabaev over strong words on Facebook would be easier to take seriously if state-employed propagandists did not call to murder Ukrainian children and destroy Ukrainian cities on television