torture

A story of a man spent two months in captivity in the Russian pre-trial detention center with other civilians and volunteers
Articles - 03 July 2023

A story of a man spent two months in captivity in the Russian pre-trial detention center with other civilians and volunteers

Yevhen Yamkovyi, a resident of Kahovka, a city in the Kherson region on the left bank of the Dnipro river occupied by Russian forces, was detained at the checkpoint “Armyansk” in the northern part of the Crimean peninsula on January 6, 2023. Then, he was transferred to the pre-trial detention center No. 2 in Simferopol, […]

A witness account of abduction and torture in Hornostaivka village, Kherson region
Articles - 26 June 2023

A witness account of abduction and torture in Hornostaivka village, Kherson region

Read a full witness testimony of Serhii, a Kherson region resident, about his abduction and torture experience. Due to safety concerns, ZMINA changed the name of the torture survivor

Torture as a policy of suppressing Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion – Report
Articles - 23 June 2023

Torture as a policy of suppressing Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion – Report

The analytical report, prepared by ZMINA, provides a detailed account of documented policies, locations, profiles of main targets among civilians, and portraits of typical perpetrators of Russian occupying forces in Ukraine who brutally mistreated people from the Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions

Volunteer Yaroslav Zhuk stated that he was tortured in the Rostov pre-trial detention center
News - 19 June 2023

Volunteer Yaroslav Zhuk stated that he was tortured in the Rostov pre-trial detention center

Yaroslav Zhuk made a statement about torture with a shocker and brutal beating by officials of the Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center as soon as the court hearing in his case based on trumped-up charges began in early June of this year. Zhuk is a car mechanic and a resident of Melitopol, a city in the […]

OHCHR documented widespread practices of torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian civilian detainees by Russian armed forces
News - 25 October 2022

OHCHR documented widespread practices of torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian civilian detainees by Russian armed forces

Of 38 released civilians (34 men, 4 women) interviewed by OHCHR in the mentioned period, 33 individuals reported having various forms of torture or ill-treatment inflicted on them while in detention, in order to force them to confess to having cooperated with the Ukrainian armed forces, to force them to cooperate with Russian armed forces or affiliated armed groups, or simply to intimidate them

‘Do you need a corpse?’: reportage from Izyum hospital where hundreds of civilians, including those tortured almost to death by Russians, were saved during occupation
Articles - 10 October 2022

‘Do you need a corpse?’: reportage from Izyum hospital where hundreds of civilians, including those tortured almost to death by Russians, were saved during occupation

From the beginning of the full-scale invasion and until the liberation of Izyum from the Russian occupiers, the Izyum Central Hospital did not stop working even for a day. During the month of the heaviest shelling and bombing, seven people, including a plumber, an electrician, nurses, a traumatologist and a surgeon, provided care to hundreds of injured and sick. ZMINA tells how surgeries were performed and babies were born in the basement of the dilapidated hospital, as well as how two civilians tortured almost to death by the Russians were saved here.

Ukrainian Balukh felt faint in the Crimean court
News - 27 July 2017

Ukrainian Balukh felt faint in the Crimean court

However, the judge decided to continue the court hearing...

Ukraine won the first case in the European Court related to the occupation of Luhansk
News - 25 July 2017

Ukraine won the first case in the European Court related to the occupation of Luhansk

Judges have unanimously recognized that Ukraine is not responsible for the consequences of losing control over the territory of the Luhansk region

Police in Donetsk region tortured two men
News - 14 June 2017

Police in Donetsk region tortured two men

One of men was kept in detention for three days and the other for one day incommunicado

The Parliament limited the entry of Crimean residents into universities only of 4 regions of the mainland Ukraine
News - 16 May 2017

The Parliament limited the entry of Crimean residents into universities only of 4 regions of the mainland Ukraine

"It took 20 minutes for the deputies to postpone for at least 10 years the issue of maintaining contacts with the peninsula and the possibility of reintegration"

Interpol ceases search for Yanukovych – National Police
News - 03 May 2017

Interpol ceases search for Yanukovych – National Police

Regarding the reasons for such actions on behalf of the Interpol, the Spokeperson of the National Police noted that only the General Prosecutor’s Office can provide sufficient commentary

Avdiivka is almost out of water – Head of Donetsk administration
News - 01 March 2017

Avdiivka is almost out of water – Head of Donetsk administration

Water in Avdiivka reservoirs is left for a maximum of two supplies..."

Unknown people stole sign of Amnesty International office in Kyiv and drew swastika on its place
News - 09 February 2017

Unknown people stole sign of Amnesty International office in Kyiv and drew swastika on its place

Organization filed a complaint to the police

Visit of UN SPT to Ukraine’s Security Service premises: Service’s report, thoughts of human rights defenders
News - 12 September 2016

Visit of UN SPT to Ukraine’s Security Service premises: Service’s report, thoughts of human rights defenders

The delegation received unfettered and immediate access to all the SBU premises, the Security Service assures

Human rights activists have no access to Panov, arrested in Crimea
News - 12 August 2016

Human rights activists have no access to Panov, arrested in Crimea

Human rights activists have no access to Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Panov, who was arrested by FSB in Crimea

Tortures cannot help get reliable information – research
News - 12 July 2016

Tortures cannot help get reliable information – research

Tortures adversely affect the personal integrity of both a victim and a law enforcement officer who uses them

Ukrainian officer describes horrors of Don Cossacks’ captivity
News - 11 July 2016

Ukrainian officer describes horrors of Don Cossacks’ captivity

The prisoners were often beaten in the face with gunstocks, beaten with pallets, stabbed

OHCHR report: Life prisoners in Donetsk region subjected to mock execution for their pro-unity Ukrainian views
News - 29 June 2016

OHCHR report: Life prisoners in Donetsk region subjected to mock execution for their pro-unity Ukrainian views

The detainees were severely beaten for three days with the involvement of local ‘police’ to “teach them a lesson”