enforced disappearances
Abductions: from sensation to routine. How the practice of enforced disappearances has changed in the occupied Crimea
Enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and politically motivated prosecutions in the occupied Crimea have become the routine. This statement was made by human rights defenders at a session of the UN Human Rights Council last week.
“Broken ribs have already healed, so there’s no point”: what civilians face after captivity and torture to get money and help
ZMINA talked about this with several former prisoners who were abducted during the occupation of Kherson, as well as Olena Belyachkova, coordinator of the groups of families of POWs and missing persons at Media Initiative for Human Rights.
“It’s 7-8 kilometres here”: school principal in Kherson region forced by occupiers to swim across Dnipro because he did not want to cooperate
He shared his story with ZMINA about the pressure on teachers during the occupation and how he managed to survive and escape with his family.
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