Russian Human Rights Commissioner
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
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
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
All the detentions occurred over two incomplete days
Lutkovska arrived to Crimea to meet with political prisoners and convicted
A result of 3 month of negotiations
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Only 5% of those responsible for deporting Ukrainian children face global sanctions
