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    Pro-Russian messages about Ukraine are actively circulating in African, Asian, and Latin American countries — new MIHR study
    Advocacy
    Pro-Russian messages about Ukraine are actively circulating in African, Asian, and Latin American countries — new MIHR study

    The Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) has released an analytical report on how the Russian-Ukrainian war is covered in the media and on social networks across 63 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The research, conducted in collaboration with the company LOOQME, analyzed over 94,000 media mentions from October 2024 to May 2025.

    18 May 2025

    The Return of Deported Children: What Does the Global South Think?
    Advocacy
    The Return of Deported Children: What Does the Global South Think?

    The Media Initiative for Human Rights has prepared an analytical note based on a survey conducted among participants of the international conference Crimea Global. Understanding Ukraine through the South. The survey assessed the level of public awareness in their countries and their willingness to support the implementation of Point 4 of President Zelenskyi’s Peace Formula — the return of all deported children, prisoners of war, and civilians from Russian captivity.

    8 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

    Human rights defenders prove Russia tortures Ukrainian soldiers just like the USSR once did
    Analytics
    Human rights defenders prove Russia tortures Ukrainian soldiers just like the USSR once did

    The Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) has presented a new analytical report comparing the torture methods used by modern-day Russia against Ukrainian prisoners of war with Soviet-era practices. The report’s authors demonstrate not only the continuity in the use of certain torture techniques but also the political motives behind them.

    29 April 2025

    94% of Ukrainian Prisoners of War Convicted in Russia Are Accused of Terrorism
    Prisoners of war
    94% of Ukrainian Prisoners of War Convicted in Russia Are Accused of Terrorism

    Monitoring of unlawful court cases against Ukrainian prisoners of war, conducted by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR), shows that courts in the occupied territories mostly convict POWs for "murders," while courts in Russia hand down verdicts based on "terrorism" charges.

    23 April 2025

    Three Sleepless Years, Cancer and Despair: Families of Captive Marines Speak of “Dual Torture”
    Prisoners of war
    Three Sleepless Years, Cancer and Despair: Families of Captive Marines Speak of “Dual Torture”

    Around 1,300 Ukrainian marines remain in Russian captivity. For the past three years, their families have been fighting to bring them home. But alongside this uphill battle is another, quieter war – the fight to preserve their health. Families describe their experience as a form of dual torture: while the marines endure physical and psychological abuse in Russian prisons, the pain and suffering reverberate back home.

    16 April 2025

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