31 August 2026
Articles
‘I found out about the criminal case from the news’: Why Russia orders the arrest of journalists in absentia and what risks this poses to them
ZMINA spoke to Ukrainian journalists who are being persecuted by Russia because of their work to find out how fabricated criminal cases are changing their lives, whether these cases pose a genuine threat and why the Kremlin is increasingly using illegitimate courts in occupied territories and courts in the Russian Federation as an element of information warfare
‘Justice must be restored’: Ukraine puts ‘judge’ who sentenced journalist Semena in occupied Crimea on trial
Read the full article by ZMINA to learn how Mykola Semena was tried in occupied Crimea, why the actions of illegitimate judge Nadiia Shkolna constitute a war crime and how the case against her is progressing in a Ukrainian court
News
Illegally detained journalist Iryna Levchenko faces constant transfers for Russian investigations
Russian security forces transfer illegally imprisoned Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko every ten days from a Donetsk Detention Centre to temporarily occupied Melitopol for investigative actions before returning her to Donetsk, the journalist wrote in a letter recently received by her family.
Russian shelling killed six adults and a child in Ukraine on 30 August
As a result of shelling by the Russian military over the 24 hours of 30 August in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Regions (Oblasts), seven civilians were killed, and at least 37 more were injured, in particular in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kyiv Oblasts, and in Kyiv, according to reports of the National Police of Ukraine
UN committee declares legal obligation for slavery reparations
Caribbean and African nations are increasingly utilizing UN mechanisms to form a unified diplomatic bloc. This pressures former colonial powers to engage in dialogues about restorative justice, fundamentally shifting traditional North-South diplomatic dynamics.
Two Russian commanders receive notices of suspicion in absentia over strikes on Okhmatdyt and Reuters journalists in 2024
The suspects are Russian Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Armed Forces, and Aleksandr Lutovinov, commander of the missile brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Southern Military District
Experts report surge in cyberbullying by teenagers targeting peers and teachers in Ukraine: What punishment courts impose
For children's behaviour online, courts hold their parents, mostly mothers, administratively liable. Usually, a warning or a fine ranging from 850 to 1,700 hryvnias is issued
