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    For the First Time to Life Imprisonment: How a Russian Court Sentenced a Family from Melitopol
    Enforced disappearances
    For the First Time to Life Imprisonment: How a Russian Court Sentenced a Family from Melitopol

    The Southern District Military Court in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don sentenced three civilians from Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia Region in a case involving explosions in the city. 31-year-old Artem Murdid was sentenced to life imprisonment; his common-law wife, 28-year-old Hanna Voshkoder, was handed down a sentence of 20 years in a general regime colony. Artem’s 50-year-old mother, Hanna Murdid, received 22 years.

    4 June 2025

    Tribunal for Putin: leaders of the non-Western world remain reluctant to hold Russia accountable for the war against Ukraine
    Advocacy
    Tribunal for Putin: leaders of the non-Western world remain reluctant to hold Russia accountable for the war against Ukraine

    While the West has firmly supported the initiative to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine, many governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America continue to keep at bay. These pressing issues were the focus of an open discussion titled “Beyond the West: the Global Vision of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression” hosted by the MIHR.

    30 May 2025

    MIHR contributes to the development of a map documenting the locations where the Azov fighters are held in Russian captivity
    Prisoners of war
    MIHR contributes to the development of a map documenting the locations where the Azov fighters are held in Russian captivity

    28 May 2025 saw a presentation of the Inferno project’s website and interactive map in Kyiv. This initiative is led by the Azovstal Defenders’ Families Association and the International Cooperation Department of the 1st Azov Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine. The Media Initiative for Human Rights has joined the project as one of the partners by providing data to create the map of detention facilities.

    29 May 2025

    The body of a man with a gunshot wound to the head, who went missing in 2022, was found in a field in the Kherson region. His friend is still missing
    Enforced disappearances
    The body of a man with a gunshot wound to the head, who went missing in 2022, was found in a field in the Kherson region. His friend is still missing

    Both men were from the Kherson region. On 26 March 2022, they set out together from Kyiv to return home. Ruslan headed for the Bilozerka district, and Khidir headed for the Chaplynka district. Kherson region was already under occupation at that time, but civilians could still move in and out.

    28 May 2025

    The great exchange: a report on how a thousand Ukrainians returned home
    Prisoners of war
    The great exchange: a report on how a thousand Ukrainians returned home

    Gaunt men — former prisoners of war — step off the bus. In the hospital yard, families of the missing hold photos, searching for a glance, a word, a sign of recognition. Nearby — silence, sirens, and the hope that someone might say: “I saw him.” A report from the exchange.

    25 May 2025

    Ukrainian human rights activists propose a new tactic for the OSCE to free Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russia
    Advocacy
    Ukrainian human rights activists propose a new tactic for the OSCE to free Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russia

    Torture, isolation, murder, and gloom of Russian prisons. In Vienna, Ukrainian human rights activists told the world about the fate of thousands of civilians who have become hostages of the occupation regime. The focus was on the stories of illegally detained journalists, mayors, activists, and new proposals for their release.

    7 May 2025

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