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Killing of 19 surrendering Malian soldiers may amount to war crime – Amnesty International

Summary killings of at least 19 Malian soldiers by members of armed groups in Tabrichat, a village in the Gao region, in northern Mali, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said after analyzing video footage of the incident which took place after the soldiers were ambushed on 18 July

Russian National Guard commander Zelimkhan Akhmerzoev tried in absentia for extorting families of tortured POW and civilians

A Ukrainian court has convicted in absentia a Russian National Guard commander who tortured a prisoner of war and civilians during the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Region

Russian Justice Ministry targets more activists of Crimean Solidarity grassroots movement

On 24 June 2026, the Russian Justice Ministry expanded the list of people it considers members of the Crimean Solidarity grassroots movement, which had previously been added to Russia’s register of foreign agents. The list now contains 137 names

Two captured Russian soldiers charged with torturing elderly man seeking food for sick mother in Kharkiv Oblast

Two privates from the Russian Armed Forces' 128th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade, part of the Leningrad Military District's 44th Army Corps, have been charged with the cruel treatment of a civilian for torturing a man during the occupation of the Kharkiv Region

Kharkiv police detain Azerbaijani opposition activist; Ukraine rights groups demand no extradition to Baku

The human rights advocates also recalled that under the principle of non-refoulement, enshrined in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a state may not return a person to a country where their life is at risk if there are substantial grounds for believing that they may face other violations of fundamental human rights, such as torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill eight, including three children, wound at least 16 overnight (updated)

Russian strikes overnight on July 30, 2026, caused civilian casualties and widespread damage across the capital of Kyiv and the Kyiv, Lviv, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr and Poltava regions.