30 May 2026
News
Human rights defenders document 26 cases of pressure against journalists and activists in Crimea over the past year – ZMINA
Occupation authorities continue to restrict journalists' access to trials in politically motivated cases under the pretext of "counterterrorism security". Since the start of the full-scale war, independent and citizen journalists have effectively been barred from entering "court" buildings in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Nearly 700 methods of torture are used against Ukrainian civilian captives and prisoners of war in Russian prisons – Ombudsman’s Office
According to Dmytro Lubinets, prisoners are strangled, set upon by dogs, tortured with electroshock devices and forced to stand motionless for up to 18 hours, with beatings used as punishment if they attempt to sit down
