places of detention
Three stories of women taken by Russians as civilian hostages from Kherson
Olha and Svitlana told ZMINA about how Russian occupying forces took prisoners, hastily prepared new cells for them, and held civilian hostages on the occupied left bank of the Kherson region
A typical day in a Russian prison (a diary of a civilian hostage)
ZMINA has obtained a diary written by one of the Kremlin’s prisoners, Dmytro (name changed for security reasons), which he secretly kept throughout his imprisonment. We also spoke with Yevgen Yamkovyi and Viacheslav Zavalnyi, who learned firsthand what the modern Russian penitentiary system is like
A resident of Nova Kakhovka, abducted three times, was found in one of the Simferopol detention centers
Leonid Kondratsky, a resident of Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, has been held in the Simferopol Detention Center No. 2 for over a year in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Following Russia’s full-scale military invasion and occupying parts of the Kherson region of Ukraine, the man was kidnapped three times. The last time, he was never released, […]
A witness account of abduction and torture in Hornostaivka village, Kherson region
Serhii, a resident of the Kherson region, was kidnapped from his home on August 3, 2022. At that time, the Southern part of Ukraine, located on both banks of the Dnipro River, had been under the control of the Russian occupying forces for almost five months. At first, the man was kept at the commandant’s […]
Torture as a policy of suppressing Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion – Report
ZMINA Human Rights Center collected evidence of how Ukrainians were kidnapped, interrogated, and tortured en masse by Russian occupying forces during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to human rights defenders, the Russian military treats the entire population of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as a threat. Torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading […]
Ukrainian authorities should release journalist Muravitsky: the Committee to Protect Journalists
Muravitsky, a reporter and columnist based in Zhytomyr, has been detained since August 1 on anti-state charges brought by the Security Service of Ukraine
In Marinka a man was injured and houses were damaged as a result of shelling
The victim was hospitalized in Pokrovsk hospital
Ukraine leads the European countries in the number of suicides – human rights defenders
There is a stable tendency of prevalence of death rate over birth rate in Ukraine
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
“Crimean saboteur” Dudka complains about lack of medical aid in SIZO
After Volodymyr's detainment several chronic diseases aggravated
Prisoner of the Lukyanivska SIZO died from the lack of medical aid
General Prosecutor's Office is looking for the guilty
Stereotypes about violence: 45% of Ukrainians believe that he man must remain silent if he was raped
85% of respondents have a negative attitude towards violence, but a significant amount shares the stereotypes associated with the various forms of violence
Two Ukrainians died in the Crimean prisoners, after being denied medical treatment
According to the report, the inhabitant of Henichesk Valery Kerimov was taken from a correctional facility in Crimea to a prison №1 Adygea Republic, where he died on September 8.
Another one Crimean Muslim is punished by psychiatry
This is the fifth example of compulsory inpatient psychiatric examination against the Crimean Muslims
Police comment on disruption of LGBT film screening: ‘People expressed their view, no crime’
"We had no experience in response during such events and we were not ready..."
The Supreme Court filed an appeal against judicial reform in the Constitutional court
In its submission, the Supreme Court asked the Constitutional Court to recognize unconstitutional provisions of the new law "On the Judicial System and the Status of Judges"
Ukraine’s National Police to remove illegal cages from subway at request of human rights defenders
Deputy Head of the National Police of Ukraine Kostiantyn Bushuyev has promised to immediately remove the illegal cages
Illegal cages for detention of people must be dismantled – NPM monitors
The conditions of detention in these places do not meet either national or international standards
Колонки
What triggers world wars?
Forced filming in propaganda: How Russians use civilian hostages to strengthen their power
Torture in the occupied territories: global consequences of terror
Life without basics: Struggle of Zakhar’s Family in war-torn Mariupol
