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“Spotter from Chornobaivka”: how Maksym Bilychuk survived kidnapping, seven months of captivity, torture, and at last appeared in the territory controlled by Ukraine
Enforced disappearances
“Spotter from Chornobaivka”: how Maksym Bilychuk survived kidnapping, seven months of captivity, torture, and at last appeared in the territory controlled by Ukraine

Maksym Bilychuk is a thirty-year-old resident of Chornobaivka, the strategically important village near Kherson, where the airfield is located. He had neither military nor volunteer experience before a full-scale invasion. He spent the first month and a half of the Great War in the basement with his nephew, wife and neighbors.

30 November 2023

War. Justice. Media. How to report on war-related trials: MIHR Guide
War. Justice. Media. How to report on war-related trials: MIHR Guide

On November 24, the Media Initiative for Human Rights presented a manual on covering war crimes courts. It consists of a theoretical framework and practical advice on how to cover court hearings, communicate with the parties to the process, and adhere to the ethical framework.

28 November 2023

How Russia seized the ChNPP: the reconstruction of events and names of responsible
Investigations
How Russia seized the ChNPP: the reconstruction of events and names of responsible

In this investigative material the MIHR researches chronology of seizer of the station, names of involved Russian soldiers, reproduces the route of movement of prisoners of war captured in the exclusion zone, and conditions of their detention to the Russian Federation. And also tries to answer the question: how did it happen that the nuclear facility suddenly ended up in the hands of the enemy.

22 November 2023

Kharkiv: Local man sentenced to life in prison for passing coordinates of regional state administration to Russians
War and justice
Kharkiv: Local man sentenced to life in prison for passing coordinates of regional state administration to Russians

The Kyiv District Court of Kharkiv declared Kharkiv resident Denys Panikarov guilty of high treason.

15 November 2023

Collaborationism in Healthcare: National Judicial Practice and Requirements of International Humanitarian Law
Collaborationism in Healthcare: National Judicial Practice and Requirements of International Humanitarian Law

International humanitarian law safeguards medical professionals, allowing them to provide medical services during occupation. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, investigations and trials are underway against medical officials accused of collaborating with occupiers. MIHR has delved into the charges faced by these doctors and assessed the alignment of national judicial practices with international humanitarian law standards.

19 October 2023

Wagner Group. Beyond Accountability
Prisoners of war
Wagner Group. Beyond Accountability

Torture and extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war, attacks on civilians, and seizure of critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. MIHR has collected evidence of the Wagner Group’s activities after the full-scale invasion of Russia.

16 October 2023

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