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Ukrainian ombudsman details talks with Russian counterpart on POW conditions and letter exchanges
News - 25 August 2026

Ukrainian ombudsman details talks with Russian counterpart on POW conditions and letter exchanges

The two sides discussed establishing a monitoring mission involving foreign ombudsmen to assess the conditions of civilian captives. A separate part of the talks focused on the mutual return of elderly citizens to the territory of both countries

Suspect in the deportation of children from occupied Kherson region becomes an ombudsperson in Russia
News - 14 May 2026

Suspect in the deportation of children from occupied Kherson region becomes an ombudsperson in Russia

Yana Lantratova is a 37-year-old Russian politician who is primarily known in Ukraine as a key figure in the case involving the abduction of Marharyta Prokopenko and Illya Vashchenko from the occupied Kherson Oblast

“Mum, I don’t want to go back there…”: blind political prisoner Sizikov was released from a penal colony on health grounds, but then the decision was overturned
Articles - 20 February 2026

“Mum, I don’t want to go back there…”: blind political prisoner Sizikov was released from a penal colony on health grounds, but then the decision was overturned

Political prisoner’s mother, Olena Sizikova, spoke about what he had to endure in the colony, how he adapted to life at home after prison, and the circumstances of his new detention

In Russia, parents of illegally arrested Crimean Tatars were detained five times on their way to the ombudsman
News - 31 October 2025

In Russia, parents of illegally arrested Crimean Tatars were detained five times on their way to the ombudsman

All the detentions occurred over two incomplete days

Lutkovska arrived to Crimea to meet with political prisoners and convicted
News - 26 December 2016

Lutkovska arrived to Crimea to meet with political prisoners and convicted

A result of 3 month of negotiations

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Articles

31 August

“I found out about the criminal case from the news”: Why Russia orders the arrest of journalists in absentia and what risks this poses to them

31 August

‘Justice must be restored’: Ukraine puts ‘judge’ who sentenced journalist Semena in occupied Crimea on trial

28 August

‘I’m not a spy – I just want to live here’: What children leaving occupied territories go through

30 July

A society speaking out: Who is protesting against Zelenskyy’s government appointments and dismissals in Ukraine – and why

28 July

Trans women now find it more difficult to obtain a diagnosis: Stereotypes, corruption and other challenges facing transgender people during wartime

Instructions

22 July

Kremlin prisoners: How to write a letter to political a prisoner

Columns

“Reaching an agreement with the US on what we disagree on”: What the campaign against ICC means for Ukraine

Kateryna Rashevska

23 July

“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

Tomoko Akane

17 July

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

Olena Kondratiuk

06 May

Only 5% of those responsible for deporting Ukrainian children face global sanctions

The human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians

Vitalii Poberezhnyi

06 April

The human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians

The lesson of Crimea: Rewarding aggression only invites more war

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

26 February

The lesson of Crimea: Rewarding aggression only invites more war

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