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“I Cut Your Husband to Pieces”: In Kherson Region, Russian Occupiers Tortured a Teacher Because of Her Soldier Son
Enforced disappearances
“I Cut Your Husband to Pieces”: In Kherson Region, Russian Occupiers Tortured a Teacher Because of Her Soldier Son

It was not her first encounter with the occupiers — and it would not be the last one. But the next time, the Russians would not be so pointedly polite. A few months later, Liubov would be tortured by members of the Russian Armed Forces because of her son and her alleged transmission of coordinates to Ukrainian defenders. She shared her story with the MIHR.

10 June 2025

“Kharkiv Partisan,” Spies, and Those Who Didn’t Want to Go to Russia: Who Was Released in the “1,000 for 1,000” Exchange
War and justice
“Kharkiv Partisan,” Spies, and Those Who Didn’t Want to Go to Russia: Who Was Released in the “1,000 for 1,000” Exchange

Together with an expert in International Humanitarian Law, we analyzed how the law regulates "civilian" exchanges, what needs improvement in this process, and whom Ukraine handed over to Russia.

6 June 2025

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

Torture, Rape, and Human Hunting: 10 Russian War Criminals Convicted in Ukraine
War and justice
Torture, Rape, and Human Hunting: 10 Russian War Criminals Convicted in Ukraine

In April, Ukrainian courts issued six verdicts for war crimes in the Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv […]

28 May 2025

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