international crimes
Human Rights Watch receives new evidence of crimes committed by Assad regime
The organization found out about 6,786 people, who had died in the prisons of Damascus in 2011-2013
Ukrainian Consul finally allowed to visit Karpyuk, Klykh
October 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic continued consideration of the criminal case. The Ukrainian Consul visited Ukrainians in jail after the court hearing.
Stanislav Klykh brutally tortured – lawyer
Ukrainian Stanislav Klykh, detained in Russia, was tortured in the first months after his arrest.
Crimean victims of politically motivated persecutions
The occupation authorities in Crimea use both legal and extralegal mechanisms to persecute activists.
Crimean Tatar leader to remain imprisoned on absurd charges
Akhtem Chiygoz was first arrested on Jan 29, 2015, and his detention was recently extended for a further 2 months until June 30
‘Russian World’ and Religious Persecution in Donbas
A recent report highlights widespread and systematic persecution of all religious groups except believers linked to the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Donbas, and the role of Russia and its armed criminal ‘crusaders’ in mounting crimes against humanity in the region
Whose ’mass provocation’? Crimean Tatar Deportation remembrance gathering banned
Just hours after threats from Crimea’s ‘prosecutor’ that Ukrainian ‘nationalists and radicals’ could expect to be jailed in Russian-occupied Crimea, claims have been made of ‘mass provocation’ planned around the anniversary of the 1944 Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People on May 18
’Ashamed’ Russian Students Ask Ukraine To ’Forgive Us’
In a new video, young people identifying themselves as university students in Moscow and St. Petersburg apologize for their country’s actions
Columns
Fighting a ‘holy war’: Why a sacralised war resists Western strategy
“Reaching an agreement with the US on what we disagree on”: What the campaign against ICC means for Ukraine
ICC must remain free from political pressure to bring justice to victims of world’s gravest crimes
Only 5% of those responsible for deporting Ukrainian children face global sanctions
