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    No Evidence Needed, Just Four Letters: Azov. Prisoners of War Sentenced in Rostov-on-Don
    Prisoners of war
    No Evidence Needed, Just Four Letters: Azov. Prisoners of War Sentenced in Rostov-on-Don

    The Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don has handed down sentences to 24 current and former members of the Azov Brigade. They were sentenced to between 13 and 23 years of imprisonment, all to be served in maximum-security penal colonies. Eleven were tried in absentia, and one died in a pre-trial detention center.

    26 March 2025

    For the First Time since Nuremberg: Strasbourg Takes a Step towards a Tribunal for Russia for the Crime of Aggression
    Advocacy
    For the First Time since Nuremberg: Strasbourg Takes a Step towards a Tribunal for Russia for the Crime of Aggression

    In Strasbourg, the members of the Coalition of States held a final meeting to finalize the technical work on the draft documents necessary to establish a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

    25 March 2025

    Closed Trials and Fake Verdicts: Evidence of Russia’s Judicial System Crimes against Ukrainians Presented in Geneva
    Advocacy
    Closed Trials and Fake Verdicts: Evidence of Russia’s Judicial System Crimes against Ukrainians Presented in Geneva

    Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the number of criminal cases against Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war has significantly increased in Russia and the occupied regions of Ukraine. The Russian authorities systematically deprive Ukrainians of their right to a fair trial, using the judicial system as a tool of repression. This was stated by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) during the side event, “Denial of a Fair Trial as a Cruel Crime during Russia’s War against Ukraine.” The event was held on March 21 in Geneva as part of the UN Human Rights Council’s 58th session.

    24 March 2025

    Arbitrariness without Borders: Russian Torturers from Crimea Abuse Ukrainians in Newly Occupied Territories
    Advocacy
    Arbitrariness without Borders: Russian Torturers from Crimea Abuse Ukrainians in Newly Occupied Territories

    Ukrainian human rights activists and international organizations presented evidence of Russia’s systematic war crimes at the UN. The event “Torture and Arbitrary Detention as Crimes against Humanity” was held on March 19 in Geneva as part of the UN Human Rights Council’s 58th session.

    20 March 2025

    Russians Are Torturing the “Kherson Nine” to Refuse Lawyers
    Enforced disappearances
    Russians Are Torturing the “Kherson Nine” to Refuse Lawyers

    In the summer of 2022, while Kherson was still under occupation, Russians abducted nine civilians—Serhii Ofitserov, Oleh Bohdanov, Yurii Tavozhnianskyi, Serhii Kabakov, Serhii Kovalskyi, Kostiantyn Reznik, Serhii Heidt, Yurii Kaiov, and Denys Lialka. They were accused of “preparing and committing an act of international terrorism.” Initially, the occupiers transferred the men to Simferopol, then to the Lefortovo detention center in Moscow. They are currently being held in Rostov.

    18 March 2025

    Russians Have Been Concealing the Whereabouts of Kherson Military Pensioner Roman Ishchenko for Three Years
    Enforced disappearances
    Russians Have Been Concealing the Whereabouts of Kherson Military Pensioner Roman Ishchenko for Three Years

    Roman Ishchenko was abducted from his own home on April 19, 2022. For three years, he has remained incommunicado. The Russians have not filed any charges against him and refuse to disclose where he is being held.

    12 March 2025

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