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France arrests pro-Russian militant for war crimes over torture of Ukrainian hostages at Izolyatsia prison in occupied Donetsk

Ukraine will not be seeking Yevhen Brazhnikov's extradition but will provide any assistance required in a trial that is extremely welcome, if belated

Help to #FreeIrynaHorobtsova - seized by the Russians on her birthday, sentenced to 10.5 years for Ukrainian patriotism

Iryna could have left Kherson after the Russian invasion. She stayed, helping her compatriots and openly demonstrating her opposition to the invasion, for which she is paying a huge price

Yevhen Zakharov: ‘In no country have I seen such an awareness and vocal support for Ukraine as in Sweden’

In mid-May, the project, funded by the Swedish Institute (SI) and implemented by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group in partnership with the Swedish organization Östgruppen för demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter, is coming to an end.

Valeriy Vakulenko sentenced to 18 years for destroying a Russian invaders' tank in March 2022

Even by Russia's very low standards, the lawlessness in this case seems quite staggering

Only one Mother’s Day wish after almost 9 years of torture – Free my son, Victor Dzytsiuk!

Victor’s parents have lost their home, his father is gravely ill and Victor’s own health must have suffered from five months of savage torture at the Izolyatsia secret prison

Russia returns the bodies of 375 POWs and civilian hostages tortured to death or denied medical care

Russia also often has to be persuaded to take its own citizens, captured while fighting in Ukraine, back, making it even harder for Ukraine to secure the release in particular of civilian hostages

Melitopol hostage sentenced to 26 years for supposed attempts on the life of a Russian-installed traitor

Four men were seized on the same day in August 2023, yet the sentences against three of the men - Serhiy Chumachenko; Serhiy Dziamka and Oleksiy Popadeikin - were passed after separate fake trials and nothing is known about Petro Popadeikin

‘Three and a half years of search for my Yura’

The headwoman of the village of Tavilzhanka, Svitlana Moroz, survived interrogations in a Russian torture chamber. Then the occupiers kidnapped her husband. The Moroz family’s home is still in the occupation zone. And Svitlana is looking everywhere for any trace of her Yura.

Ukrainian political prisoner tells Russian court of torture after which you’ll sign anything

Russia has unleashed terror against civilians on all occupied territory yet abducts and charges Ukrainians with ‘terrorism’ for acts of resistance against entirely legitimate targets

Deliberately concealed mass grave of Russia’s victims found in occupied Mariupol

Not only are there no signs to indicate that this is a burial site, but construction rubble appears to have been used to try to ensure that people did not find out

Ukraine bypassed as Russian archaeologist wanted for crimes in occupied Crimea freed in 'Poland - Belarus' exchange

It is truly wonderful that Andrzej Poczobut has been freed, but frustrating that Ukraine was not told about a ‘deal’ seemingly involving the US administration, as well as Moscow

One Out of Ten. Russians Tortured a Kherson Environmental Officer to Death

In 2022, Russian security services abducted ten civilian residents of Kherson, accusing them of preparing a terrorist attack. Nine lived to see trial.