enforced disappearances
In occupied Sevastopol, security forces kidnapped Serhii Hryshchenkov, there has been no information about him for several weeks
Russia's FSB officers forcibly disappeared Crimean resident, Serhii Hryshchenkov
The Ombudsman received over 1,300 complaints about shortcomings in the system of state protection of civilians released from captivity
Civilians released from Russian captivity are unaware of and do not use forms of social support from the Ukrainian state
Ukrainian police received 416 reports of torture of Kremlin detainees in occupied territories in 2024 – Ombudsman
The National Police of Ukraine have initiated criminal proceedings regarding the enforced disappearance and deprivation of liberty of 204 civilians in the occupied territories
Russians dubbed torture ‘lie detector’, ‘gym’, and ‘swimming lessons’ in Kherson Pre-trial Detention Centre – International Partnership for Human Rights reports
The International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) released a new report detailing torture and other inhuman treatment of detainees at a Kherson detention facility
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has called for human rights issues to remain on the agenda of peace negotiations
O'Flaherty suggests that representatives of Ukrainian civil society, whose credibility among citizens is higher than that of the parliament, should be at the negotiating table
Number of missing women rising in Crimea – “Crimea SOS”
"Crimea SOS" emphasizes that enforced disappearances constitute a gross violation of human rights and are used by the occupying administration as a means of intimidating the local population
Russia bears responsibility for the occupied territories – Amnesty International Ukraine
While preparing the report, representatives of Amnesty International Ukraine conducted over 100 interviews with former prisoners of war and their family members. They shared their experiences, memories, and interactions with state and non-governmental organisations
Kharkiv region resident Mykhailo Slobodian, abducted by Russians in 2023, remains missing
According to witnesses, that evening, occupying forces broke through the metal gate, forced open the front door, entered the house and abducted Mykhailo Slobodian. They turned the entire home upside down, throwing open every cupboard. The floor was covered in muddy footprints, and dead parrots were found in their cage
Crimea SOS reports 66 cases of enforced disappearances in Crimea since Russia’s attempt of annexation
The latest victim of enforced disappearances, according to Yaroshenko, was the editor-in-chief of the Crimean Tatar children's magazine "Armanchyq," Ediye Muslimova, who was abducted on November 21, 2024
OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism will help Ukraine show the true scale of war crimes committed against civilians by Russia in Ukraine
According to the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OSCE, after bilateral consultations with Ukraine, members of 45 OSCE delegations decided to apply the 8th paragraph of the Moscow Mechanism
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