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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
Several thousand Ukrainian marines are in captivity. Most of them have been kept since the first months of the war. They are rarely exchanged, and have almost never been released lately. The marines are held compactly in several colonies. They are subjected to cruel treatment and illegal prosecution. Many marines are in critical condition, and some of them die in captivity.
27 June 2024
The Media Initiative for Human Rights organized a roundtable discussion, "Deprivation of the right to a fair trial in international criminal law."
27 June 2024
The MIHR asked Maksym Tymochko, an officer of the International Law Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, why Russia ignores the immunity of a combatant, how the case against Nazi lawyers in Germany will help Ukraine, and why the enemy changed its strategy in its trials of the Azov fighters.
24 June 2024
The number of deaths in Russian captivity has increased dramatically due to inhumane conditions of detention, tortures, beatings, lack of proper nutrition and medical care. This is particularly true for the defenders of Mariupol, including marines of the 36th brigade.
20 June 2024
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced four Ukrainians accused of attempting to assassinate the so-called head of the ‘DNR,’ Oleksandr Zakharchenko, and the murder of the commander of a pro-Russian separatist battalion, Arsen Pavlov, known by his call sign ‘Motorola.’
19 June 2024