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Systematic and widespread patterns of arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, sexual violence, filtration, and related crimes against Ukrainian civilians in Russian-controlled territories may constitute crimes against humanity, as revealed by a new report by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and Ukrainian partners, the Media Initiative for Human Rights and the Human Rights Centre ZMINA.
18 July 2024
Today, July 16, 2024, Ukrainian human rights activist Maksym Butkevych turns 47. After the start of the Russian invasion, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine and was captured in June 2022, where he has been held for over two years. Today we are publishing the full text of his speech during the cassation hearing of his case by a Russian court, recorded by one of the attendees.
16 July 2024
Russian investigators have classified the case of Ukrainian small aircraft pilot Oleksandr Morozov, who was detained in the Bryansk region. Even the accused's family does not know what is happening in the trial. Oleksandr is being held in the Lefortovo detention center in Moscow. His wife says that her husband was beaten and tortured in custody.
11 July 2024
Statement by the Ukraine 5AM Coalition on the Russian Federation's missile attack on medical facilities and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
8 July 2024
The head of the Kherson Track Division No. 15 of the Odesa Railway was accused of sabotage. He will spend the first year in prison and the remaining 5.5 years in a strict regime colony.
4 July 2024
The occupation authorities of Berdiansk are planning a secret burial of Ukrainian teenagers Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov. This was reported to the Media Initiative for Human Rights by Hryhorii Ohannisian, Tihran's father.
3 July 2024