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How Russia Uses Courts to Persecute Ukrainians: Testimonies of Captivity, Torture, and Fabricated Sentences Heard in Helsinki
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How Russia Uses Courts to Persecute Ukrainians: Testimonies of Captivity, Torture, and Fabricated Sentences Heard in Helsinki

A high-level Helsinki+50 conference took place in Helsinki to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, which laid the foundation for the OSCE and for the first time enshrined human rights as a component of international security

4 August 2025

Against the War? You Must Be Mentally Ill. Russia Intensifies Repressions within the Occupied Territories of Ukraine
Enforced disappearances
Against the War? You Must Be Mentally Ill. Russia Intensifies Repressions within the Occupied Territories of Ukraine

In the first half of July, occupation courts sentenced at least 23 Ukrainian civilians, including a father and daughter from the Kherson region, and a couple from Luhansk whose 21 year-old son is also held in Russian captivity.

31 July 2025

War Will Cover It All Up: Soldiers Accuse Commander Yurchuk of Abuses
Investigations
War Will Cover It All Up: Soldiers Accuse Commander Yurchuk of Abuses

Perhaps this article would never have been written if Ukraine’s law enforcement system — and especially the courts — were functioning properly. If there were effective mechanisms in place to protect the rights of servicepeople. If what happens within the Armed Forces were more transparent and clear at least to those directly involved.

30 July 2025

Human rights defenders develop a roadmap for documenting the torture of Ukrainians as crimes against humanity
Analytics
Human rights defenders develop a roadmap for documenting the torture of Ukrainians as crimes against humanity

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and its partners — the Media Initiative for Human Rights and the ZMINA Human Rights Center — have been documenting crimes committed by Russian military personnel and other representatives of the Russian authorities against the civilian population of Ukraine in the occupied territories.

15 July 2025

Kherson Region Activist Slashes his Wrist after Arrest to Save his Wife from the Russians
Enforced disappearances
Kherson Region Activist Slashes his Wrist after Arrest to Save his Wife from the Russians

An activist from Nova Kakhovka, Oleksandr (his surname withheld for security reasons), filmed the dismantling of Lenin monuments across the Kherson region before the full-scale invasion. After the occupation began, he became a target for the Russians. He was tortured for two weeks in order to force him to reveal the identities of other civic leaders in the city and to “cooperate” with the occupiers.

25 June 2025

MEPs Demand the Release of Abducted Ukrainians in Occupied Territories: Resolution in the Works
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MEPs Demand the Release of Abducted Ukrainians in Occupied Territories: Resolution in the Works

The European Parliament held a debate on the draft resolution “The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine: the dramatic situation of illegally detained Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war.” The document condemns the widespread unlawful detention of Ukrainians, torture, fabricated charges, and inhumane conditions of imprisonment.

17 June 2025

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