human rights

Rapid response to discrimination against LGBTIQ people at work: How can companies protect their employees?
Columns - 30 September 2024

Rapid response to discrimination against LGBTIQ people at work: How can companies protect their employees?

As a queer person who is open about his or her orientation, I can say that constant control over what you say, post, and who you communicate with creates pressure. This not only affects your mental state, but also reduces productivity, because energy is spent on self-control rather than on work tasks

By December 31, 2024: occupiers are coercing residents of Donetsk region into obtaining Russian passports through blackmail.
News - 23 September 2024

By December 31, 2024: occupiers are coercing residents of Donetsk region into obtaining Russian passports through blackmail.

Otherwise they will not be able to "receive the rights and benefits provided by Russia"

“The father did not find out where Raim was before his death”: why Russia transfers Crimean political prisoners as far as possible from their relatives
Articles - 02 August 2024

“The father did not find out where Raim was before his death”: why Russia transfers Crimean political prisoners as far as possible from their relatives

Human rights activists consider this to be one of the Russians' methods of putting pressure on those who disagree with the occupation policy in Crimea

In Crimea, the occupiers arrested 26 locals for Ukrainian symbols over the year
News - 24 June 2024

In Crimea, the occupiers arrested 26 locals for Ukrainian symbols over the year

In total, from June 2023 to June 2024, the experts of the organisation verified 59 cases of prosecution of Crimeans under the norms of the Russian Federation's so called “anti-extremist laws” for demonstrating pro-Ukrainian views

On the left bank of the Kherson region, occupiers threaten to take away the property of people in eight communities
News - 17 June 2024

On the left bank of the Kherson region, occupiers threaten to take away the property of people in eight communities

On the left bank of the Kherson region, the occupiers published new lists of residential premises that they plan to “nationalise” due to the alleged absence of owners in Bekhterska, Yuvileina, Ivanivska, Chaplynska, Nyzhniosirohizka, Henicheska, Khrestivska communities and Askania-Nova. This was reported by the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ). The occupiers demand that their owners […]

“Our priority is to ensure victim-centered justice” – Interview with the Head of the Peace and Human Rights Program at the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine
Articles - 14 June 2024

“Our priority is to ensure victim-centered justice” – Interview with the Head of the Peace and Human Rights Program at the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine

On the eve of the summit, Vannay Gaetan, Head of the Peace and Human Rights Program at the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine, told ZMINA how his country is helping Ukraine in the war by searching for missing persons, conducting humanitarian demining, and ensuring justice for victims

Ukraine: Ten victories in human rights in 2023
Articles - 07 January 2024

Ukraine: Ten victories in human rights in 2023

ZMINA has compiled the most significant developments and events in the field of human rights that took place in 2023 in Ukraine

Gafarov-Shyring list: how Russia is killing political prisoners in Crimea
Articles - 18 July 2023

Gafarov-Shyring list: how Russia is killing political prisoners in Crimea

Tetyana Pechonchyk emphasized the importance of publicizing information about political prisoners. In her opinion, it is essential to tell the stories of illegally imprisoned Ukrainian citizens, spread them on social media and abroad, put pressure on Russia, initiate new resolutions of the European Parliament, and raise issues at the level of the OSCE and UN bodies so that Ukrainian citizens, political prisoners at risk with complex diseases, are released first and unconditionally

Political prisoner Server Mustafayev shares about poor conditions in Russian prison and lack of medical aid
News - 18 July 2023

Political prisoner Server Mustafayev shares about poor conditions in Russian prison and lack of medical aid

Maye Mustafayeva and her and Server’s children, eight-year-old Yusuf and five-year-old Naji visited the political prisoner in Tambov prison. The family was allowed to come for an extended three-day visit from July 3 to 6

In Crimea a witness of searches in Bakhchysarai is fined 150,000 rubles
News - 07 July 2017

In Crimea a witness of searches in Bakhchysarai is fined 150,000 rubles

Protocols were drawn up on two twin brothers, but only one was fined

Ukraine will complement Avdiivka to claim to International Court of Justice against Russia
News - 31 January 2017

Ukraine will complement Avdiivka to claim to International Court of Justice against Russia

The shelling of civilian infrastructure – is a serious crime..."

‘It is another plan of FSB’, Mejlis Chairman Chubarov comments on detentions in Crimea
News - 11 November 2016

‘It is another plan of FSB’, Mejlis Chairman Chubarov comments on detentions in Crimea

He believes Russia is plotting another attack on Ukraine

Ukrainians keep complaining about procedural violations despite new Code of Criminal Procedure
News - 11 October 2016

Ukrainians keep complaining about procedural violations despite new Code of Criminal Procedure

The number of complaints about procedural violations in the criminal proceedings has not changed even after the adoption of the new Code of Criminal Procedure

Freedom House describes Russia’s Duma elections in Crimea as ‘anything but free and fair’
News - 19 September 2016

Freedom House describes Russia’s Duma elections in Crimea as ‘anything but free and fair’

The voting was anything but free and fair

UN report: 188 civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine over three months
News - 15 September 2016

UN report: 188 civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine over three months

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights states that human rights situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorated

Military police may be established in Ukraine
News - 07 June 2016

Military police may be established in Ukraine

The military law enforcement units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be reorganized to establish the military police on its basis

Occupation authorities ban Tatars from holding events on deportation day
News - 16 May 2016

Occupation authorities ban Tatars from holding events on deportation day

Regional Mejlises in Crimea are denied holding mourning events on the anniversary of deportation of the Crimean Tatars on May 18

Witnesses in Karpyuk, Klykh case nearly detained in Chechnya
News - 25 March 2016

Witnesses in Karpyuk, Klykh case nearly detained in Chechnya

The witnesses for defense in the case of Ukrainian political prisoners Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh were nearly detained in Chechnya