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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
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 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
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
The convicts received sentences ranging from 9 years to life imprisonment.
16 January 2025
The MIHR conducted an investigation and determined why Interpol’s tools are unavailable to Ukraine when it comes to Russia’s war crimes.
14 January 2025