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    Transfer to prison instead of prisoner exchange: civilian captives from occupied Luhansk are being taken to Russia
    Enforced disappearances
    Transfer to prison instead of prisoner exchange: civilian captives from occupied Luhansk are being taken to Russia

    "Everything is very difficult, but I’m holding on and keeping my chin up. Hugs to all of you. I believe that we will see each other again. As Schopenhauer said 300 years ago, everything will happen one way or another", wrote Oleksandr Borysov, a resident of Luhansk, in his first letter to his family after being conveyed to prison. December 24, 2024. Yakutsk, Russia. Borysov is one of several dozen civilians who were seized in the occupied part of Luhansk region before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and have remained imprisoned ever since. At the end of 2024, Russian authorities began transferring them to Russia. Oleksandr was among the first to be transferred.

    20 February 2025

    Negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine: Statement by Ukrainian Human Rights Activists on the Talks between the US and Russia
    Advocacy
    Negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine: Statement by Ukrainian Human Rights Activists on the Talks between the US and Russia

    Agreements between the US and Russia concerning Ukraine have nothing to do with sustainable peace and international security, instead creating additional security, economic, and other threats for the countries that support them.

    19 February 2025

    80% of former detainees interviewed by MIHR experienced violence in Russia – infographic
    Advocacy
    80% of former detainees interviewed by MIHR experienced violence in Russia – infographic

    The Media Initiative for Human Rights is conducting a large-scale study of how Russians treat Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. During one of the stages, 72 former prisoners held by Russia were interviewed. Among them are 14 civilians and 58 military.

    19 February 2025

    Ukrainian Courts Massively Deny Online Access to Their Hearings — MIHR’s Analytics
    Analytics
    Ukrainian Courts Massively Deny Online Access to Their Hearings — MIHR’s Analytics

    Only three out of 45 petitions submitted by MIHR for online court broadcasts were granted. This is stated in the analytics report presented by MIHR today. MIHR experts emphasize that the lack of online access to hearings significantly limits opportunities for public monitoring of courts, which is critically important during wartime.

    7 February 2025

    A year of silence: who is responsible for the downing of the IL-76 over Belgorod — investigation
    Investigations
    A year of silence: who is responsible for the downing of the IL-76 over Belgorod — investigation

    A year ago, on January 24, 2024, an IL-76 heavy military transport aircraft crashed in the sky over the Belgorod region. Russia claimed that Ukraine shot down a plane with 65 of its prisoners of war (POWs). Ukraine responded in general terms: military targets are legitimate targets.

    24 January 2025

    Eight Years in Captivity: Prisoners of the “Donetsk Republic” Are No Longer Being Returned to Ukraine
    Enforced disappearances
    Eight Years in Captivity: Prisoners of the “Donetsk Republic” Are No Longer Being Returned to Ukraine

    In mid-2017, a wave of arrests of “Ukrainian spies” and “terrorists” began in the occupied part of the Donetsk region—allegedly due to a leak of information about them by an SSU officer who sided with Russia. Numerous arrests followed throughout the rest of 2017 and all of 2018, with some additional detentions taking place in 2019.

    21 January 2025

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