An alliance of human rights organizations is using open-source information to investigate alleged war crimes by Russia in Ukraine. Russian forces are suspected of having committed more than 48,290 atrocities, many of them attacks on civilians….
Tens of thousands in Crimea and eastern Ukraine have been recruited to fight on behalf of the occupying forces. Andrii, 31, used to work as a computer science teacher in his hometown in Donetsk, occupied…
Nariman Dzhelyal woke up in the early hours of Sept. 4 to the sounds of a dozen armed men breaking into his home in Russian-occupied Crimea. In the span of 48 hours after police hauled…
The health of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Crimea and Russia is a matter of particular concern to human rights defenders. These people are the most vulnerable category of Ukrainian nationals, because they are, in…
According to the monitoring data of the Crimean Human Rights Group published in July 2020, regional media on the mainland of Ukraine, when preparing publications on Crimean subjects, just sometimes do not comply with the…
Ms Irina Siedova, a Crimean Human Right Group expert, told Krym.Realii website, that the situation with rights of Ukrainians in Crimea ‘is very sad’. “We have been observing for 6 years how the rights of…
In the annexed Crimea, Ukrainian human rights activists are recording the issues with informing the people about the threat of coronavirus. Thus, according to their observations, it is often impossible to verify the reliability of…
Crimean children have been affected by the ambitious Russian aggressive military propaganda for six years already. Some of such actions may be determined as military crime and violate the rights of children. This is described…
The article by Iryna Matviyishyn for Atlantic Council: «With an eye to the future, officials in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are waging a campaign of “patriotic education” aimed at reaching the hearts and minds of…
The number of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Crimea and Russia is constantly growing and as of March this year is at least 68 people, whereas in December last year there were 64 people. The…
On the day Olga Skripnik fled her home in Crimea, many of her fellow Crimeans were celebrating. On March 16, 2014, separatist leaders in the Ukrainian province rushed through a referendum on joining Russia in…
Lucian Kim, National Public Radio On the day Olga Skripnik fled her home in Crimea, many of her fellow Crimeans were celebrating. On March 16, 2014, separatist leaders in the Ukrainian province rushed through a…
