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Without international law, civilians pay enormous price – A UN legal expert Ben Saul
Kyle Swain 21 April

Without international law, civilians pay enormous price – A UN legal expert Ben Saul

“He wanted Henichesk to have its own voice”. The story of Hennadii Osmak, a journalist imprisoned by Russian occupying forces
Oleksandra Yefymenko 19 March

“He wanted Henichesk to have its own voice”. The story of Hennadii Osmak, a journalist imprisoned by Russian occupying forces

“Hands Off Women’s Rights”: The first Women’s March in Kyiv since the start of the full-scale war
Oleksandra Yefymenko , Yana Radchenko 10 March

“Hands Off Women’s Rights”: The first Women’s March in Kyiv since the start of the full-scale war

“No other country in the world has had reporters working under such conditions for years”: Russia’s war crimes against media, illustrated by the regional branches of Suspilne
Liudmyla Tiahnyriadno 24 February

“No other country in the world has had reporters working under such conditions for years”: Russia’s war crimes against media, illustrated by the regional branches of Suspilne

“Mum, I don’t want to go back there…”: blind political prisoner Sizikov was released from a penal colony on health grounds, but then the decision was overturned
Vladyslav Yesypenko 20 February

“Mum, I don’t want to go back there…”: blind political prisoner Sizikov was released from a penal colony on health grounds, but then the decision was overturned

ZMINA reader survey: Share your feedback
16 February

ZMINA reader survey: Share your feedback

Prison guards at “Izolyatsia” replicated torture methods shown in the American film The Mauritanian: Daniil Bulhakov says after three years in “DPR” prisons
Elina Sulima 16 January

Prison guards at “Izolyatsia” replicated torture methods shown in the American film The Mauritanian: Daniil Bulhakov says after three years in “DPR” prisons

Government agencies have appointed officials responsible for the temporarily occupied territories: human rights advocate explains what this will change
Daryna Dovhopiata 27 December 2025

Government agencies have appointed officials responsible for the temporarily occupied territories: human rights advocate explains what this will change

What the EU Shadow Report is and how independent experts assessed Ukraine’s progress over the past year
Olha Madzhumdar 10 December 2025

What the EU Shadow Report is and how independent experts assessed Ukraine’s progress over the past year

Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army
Artem Hirieiev 27 November 2025

Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army

Systemic pressure on the anti-corruption ecosystem: challenges facing NABU, activists, and the media in 2025
Marharyta Kravchenko 11 November 2025

Systemic pressure on the anti-corruption ecosystem: challenges facing NABU, activists, and the media in 2025

A life in defence of dignity: Oleksandr Hatiiatullin’s legacy, devoted to human rights
Liudmyla Tiagnyriadno 29 October 2025

A life in defence of dignity: Oleksandr Hatiiatullin’s legacy, devoted to human rights

You sit like a potted plant: you may be watered, or you may not, and then you will wither – journalist Dmytro Khyliuk. A story of captivity and freedom
Oleksandra Yefymenko 06 October 2025

You sit like a potted plant: you may be watered, or you may not, and then you will wither – journalist Dmytro Khyliuk. A story of captivity and freedom

From “soft power” to torture chambers: patterns of Russia’s seizure of new states based on Ukraine’s experience
Mykola Mirnyj 30 July 2025

From “soft power” to torture chambers: patterns of Russia’s seizure of new states based on Ukraine’s experience

Interview with a journalist Olha Zvonariova on being injured and working in frontline Zaporizhzhia
Liudmyla Tiagnyriadno 19 June 2025

Interview with a journalist Olha Zvonariova on being injured and working in frontline Zaporizhzhia

Resident of Oleshky on life under occupation and her missing husband after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Kherson region
Elina Sulima 16 June 2025

Resident of Oleshky on life under occupation and her missing husband after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Kherson region

Silent deportation: how the descendants of Crimean Tatars deported in 1944 are experiencing it again
Natalie Adamovych 18 May 2025

Silent deportation: how the descendants of Crimean Tatars deported in 1944 are experiencing it again

Ukrainians in Belarusian prisons: persecution, repression and sentences
Tetiana Zhukova 24 March 2025

Ukrainians in Belarusian prisons: persecution, repression and sentences