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A story of Oleksandr Tarapon from Crimea, illegally convicted by Russia
On October 21, 2022, the occupation court of Alushta sentenced Oleksandr Tarapon to 2.5 years in a strict regime colony. He was charged with Article 207.3 (part 1) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, namely, “public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the exercise of powers by state bodies of the Russian Federation.”
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
High Specialized Court overturned the acquitment of blogger Kotsaba by the Court of Appeal
Lawyer Montian told how the future may unfold for her client
Parliament abolished the “Savchenko law”
In fact, by a minimal majority of 227 votes, the deputies adopted changes believing in the arguments that "Savchenko law" entails "an increase in crime"
Video evidence in Chiygoz case denies testimony of crown witness
The videos, which were reviewed by the “court”, shows that Ahtem Chiygoz has not given out any orders
“I asked them not to hit me, and told them I was pregnant…” data on gender-based violence in Donbas
Overall, 55% of women and 45% of men were victims of gender-based violence
Crimean journalist Semena could not personally receive the European Prize for Freedom of Speech
Crimean journalist could not attend the award presentation because he was forbidden to leave the Crimean peninsula
Political prisoner Kolomiets to be convoyed from Crimea to Russian Krasnodar to prevent him from getting married
Andriy Kolomiets and Galina Zalikhanova intended to get officially married on November 18
PM Groysman: Government to initiate abolition of ‘Savchenko law’
The government will soon initiate abolition or amendments to so-called "Savchenko law" which equates one day in a remand prison to two days in prison.
Over two hundred women sentenced in Crimea after occupation
240 women have been sentenced to imprisonment in Crimea since the occupation of the peninsula by the Russian Federation
Ukrainian Supreme Administrative Court considers unlawful dismissal of judge Kalinichenko who prosecuted Maidan activists
SACU canceled the decision of the High Council of Judges on recommendation to dismiss Larysa Kalinichenko, the judge of the Holosiyivsky District Court in Kyiv
Government should ensure equal rights for everybody – Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister
The government should ensure all people have equal rights, not estimate the actions to support them
Crimean activist Kostenko discriminated in Russian colony – lawyer
Crimean resident and Euromaidan activist Oleksandr Kostenko is being discriminated on the grounds of nationality in a Russian colony
Charred body of Crimean Tatar found in Crimea
The charred body of Crimean Tatar Enver Ismailov has been found in Crimea
Afanasyev transferred from colony to solitary confinement – lawyer
Now he stays in a solitary-confinement cell in the village of Mikun, a hundred kilometers from Syktyvkar
Convicts in Orikhiv penal colony No.88 are treated ‘like pigs’
Only 125 out of 630 convicts live in satisfactory conditions
Ukrainian teenager killed in Russian colony because of allegedly being nationalist
One teenager was killed and six more were hospitalized after the employees of the Belorechensk juvenile colony in Russia beat the convicts.
Colony conditions tightened for Gennady Afanasyev
According to the lawyer, the court may increase his term of imprisonment on trumped-up pretexts.
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