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Olha Reshetylova, the Head of the Media Initiative for Human Rights, took part in one of the discussion panels at a conference of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee held in Oslo. Together with Lene Wetteland, the Head of Documentation and Accountability Hub of the NHC, they discussed the issue of holding those responsible for war crimes in Russia accountable.
11 April 2024
The Media Initiative for Human Rights held a two-day training for NGOs, community groups of POWs, civilians, and missing persons families, including units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (including the Ukrainian Navy) and the National Guard.
5 April 2024
Serhii Ofitserov, Yurii Kaiov, Serhii Kovalskyi, Kostiantyn Reznik, Serhii Kabakov, Denys Lialka, Serhii Heidt, Oleh Bohdanov, and Yurii Tavozhnianskyi are Kherson civilians abducted by the Russians in the summer of 2022. They are accused of ‘preparing and committing an act of international terrorism.’ Since February 20, 2023, the nine Kherson residents have been held in Detention Center No. 1 in Rostov and are being illegally tried.
3 April 2024
Oleksiy Shevchenko is a combat medic. On 4 April 2022, while in Mariupol at the Illich Plant, he was taken prisoner of war. MIHR spoke with his sister Kateryna, who is fighting for her brother’s release. She says that Oleksiy suffers from asthma but is not receiving proper medical care while in captivity.
29 March 2024
On the night of March 22, 2024, Russia launched massive missile attacks on Ukraine's critical civilian (primarily energy) infrastructure facilities, which led to the destruction of civilian objects.
22 March 2024
Mykhailivka is a town near Zaporizhzhia. The Russians occupied it in the first days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As in other captured settlements, they began to illegally search homes and abduct civilians: some were later returned home, while others have still remained hostages of the Russians.
21 March 2024