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Activists identified the route by which children from the occupied Ukrainian territories are deported to Belarus
News - 29 August 2023

Activists identified the route by which children from the occupied Ukrainian territories are deported to Belarus

Human rights defenders from Regional Center for Human Rights, a Ukrainian non-profit group and a member of the “5 am. Coalition” have identified the route and at least eight places where children abducted from the occupied territories of Ukraine are held in Belarus. The group presented its findings in a research paper released in early […]

Older people and some families with children refuse to leave the evacuation areas in Kharkiv region
News - 21 August 2023

Older people and some families with children refuse to leave the evacuation areas in Kharkiv region

Residents refuse to leave the areas designated for evacuation by the Ukrainian government from the Kupiansk area of the Kharkiv region despite the fierce fighting looms. Older people most often refuse to go. The head of the Kupyansk city military administration, Andriy Besedin, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. On August 8, the day before the […]

Signs of genocide: Russia’s crimes against children – Report
Articles - 02 August 2023

Signs of genocide: Russia’s crimes against children – Report

After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, information began to emerge about the transfer of children by Russian occupying forces from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The children were taken to the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, or the territories of Ukraine occupied by the Russian Federation before February 24, 2022, […]

Russians handed under “preliminary custody” over a thousand children deported from Ukraine
News - 03 July 2023

Russians handed under “preliminary custody” over a thousand children deported from Ukraine

Russian authorities transferred to “preliminary custody” 1,184 children deported from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The number is three times more than what was earlier declared publicly. This news is reported by the Russian independent publication Vazhnye Istorii [Important Stories]. At the end of 2022, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Russia, Maria Lvova-Belova, […]

Discussion “Human Rights in School: How to Promote Values among Children”
Announcements - 26 October 2017

Discussion “Human Rights in School: How to Promote Values among Children”

The event is devoted to discussion of the current situation and prospects for teaching human rights to children within the framework of implementation of the National Human Rights Strategy and presentation of experience of other countr

Ukrainian is on a hunger strike in a Russian prison. He demands to serve his sentence in Ukraine
News - 01 August 2017

Ukrainian is on a hunger strike in a Russian prison. He demands to serve his sentence in Ukraine

Yevgeniy Davydov is on a hunger strike since July 28

Russia refused to extradite 21former “Berkut” officers to Ukraine
News - 21 July 2017

Russia refused to extradite 21former “Berkut” officers to Ukraine

Russia has not yet provided an answer to a request to extradite Serhiy Kusyuk, former Chief of the Kyiv “Berkut” Special Operations Regiment

Perpetrators from Zaporizhia exported Ukrainian women into sexual slavery in Israel
News - 21 July 2017

Perpetrators from Zaporizhia exported Ukrainian women into sexual slavery in Israel

The perpetrators received from 500 to 1000 dollars for each woman

This year LGBTI displaced people face double discrimination in accessing housing and searching for employment
News - 10 July 2017

This year LGBTI displaced people face double discrimination in accessing housing and searching for employment

Discrimination of internally displaced LGBTI-representatives also occurred when accessing health care

Ukrainian journalists in Vienna named 50 freedom of speech violators in Crimea
News - 21 June 2017

Ukrainian journalists in Vienna named 50 freedom of speech violators in Crimea

The presentation of the list took place in the framework of the OSCE conference “Freedom of speech in unstable situations”

In Kremenchuk colony teenagers were cutting their veins and rioting because of the attitude of the staff
News - 15 June 2017

In Kremenchuk colony teenagers were cutting their veins and rioting because of the attitude of the staff

The Prosecutor's Office is conducting a check

Strasbourg Court accepted the position of Ukraine in the case against Russia on violation of human rights in Crimea
News - 01 June 2017

Strasbourg Court accepted the position of Ukraine in the case against Russia on violation of human rights in Crimea

Ukraine offered the court to merge all cases on Crimea and Donbas in two separate cases

Human rights defenders demand a transparent competition for the post of Ombudsman
News - 24 May 2017

Human rights defenders demand a transparent competition for the post of Ombudsman

Representatives of the Human Rights Information Centre, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, the Center for Civil Liberties, the Amnesty International, the Freedom House took part in the action

The action of LGBT-activists against homophobia was disrupted in Kharkiv
News - 18 May 2017

The action of LGBT-activists against homophobia was disrupted in Kharkiv

Two patrol officers were injured in the brawl

UN court ordered Russia to re-establish Mejlis and stop discrimination in the Crimea
News - 19 April 2017

UN court ordered Russia to re-establish Mejlis and stop discrimination in the Crimea

The Court considers the violations of the provisions of the Convention on Prevention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

580,000 children suffered from the war in Donbas
News - 01 March 2017

580,000 children suffered from the war in Donbas

Ukraine was not ready to prevent and adequately document the cases when minors take part in the armed conflict

In Crimea 461 cases of freedom of speech violations recorded in 3 years – human rights defender
News - 27 February 2017

In Crimea 461 cases of freedom of speech violations recorded in 3 years – human rights defender

"Foreign countries should impose personal sanctions against those involved in the curtailment of freedom of speech in the Crimea"

In District Court of Bukovina defendants are kept in metal cabinets without light and air
News - 22 February 2017

In District Court of Bukovina defendants are kept in metal cabinets without light and air

According to monitors, cabinet resembles medieval torture chambers