torture
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
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
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
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
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
The detainees were severely beaten for three days with the involvement of local ‘police’ to “teach them a lesson”
Secret places of detention: What is Ukraine’s Security Service hiding from UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture?
This scandal has raised the problem of existence of SBU-controlled illegal places of detention, where people are suspected to be tortured. The problem is being put a blind eye to in Ukraine
Russian citizen Leonova says she was tortured by SBU officers
She also said she did not know any of the people who had been detained in the same case
Every second captive in Donbas tortured
According to the official data, 1,333 civilians, 27 journalists, and 38 volunteers were held captive.
Lawyers get evidence of torture on Stanislav Klykh
Thanks to the efforts of the European Court of Human Rights, the lawyers of Klykh received the outpatient registration log book and the medical records of Klykh
Human Rights Watch receives new evidence of crimes committed by Assad regime
The organization found out about 6,786 people, who had died in the prisons of Damascus in 2011-2013
Energy blockade activists not allow restoring electricity supply to annexed Crimea
The Right Sector threatens to terminate its participation in the blockade of Crimea if the supplies to the peninsula are restored
Prosecutor General’s Office asks to suspend from duty judges, who arrested Maidan activists
The judges are suspected of the violation of Part 2, Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (delivery of a knowingly unfair sentence, judgment, ruling or order by a judge)
Ukrainian teenager killed in Russian colony because of allegedly being nationalist
One teenager was killed and six more were hospitalized after the employees of the Belorechensk juvenile colony in Russia beat the convicts.
Human rights activists to submit evidence of Crimea occupation crimes to ICC
"The facts, which we are going to submit to the International Criminal Court, cover murders, tortures, and enforced disappearances."
Off the radars. What do captives of Donbas go through?
Today, on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, we can speak about a phenomenon which has been a sort of parallel reality to us - the captives.
Three years of combating torture: has anything changed?
The visits of the National Preventive Mechanism monitors to colonies, boarding schools and psychiatric hospitals help to change conditions in these facilities.
Witness in Srebrenica massacre case found dead in Hague hotel
Dusan Dunjic was a defence witness in the war crimes case against former Bosnian Serb general.
Columns
“I hear your anger, your dreams and your hope”: a letter to a peer under occupation from a 10th grader from the Kherson region
No one should ever be allowed to violate the rights of indigenous peoples
What does just peace mean for Ukraine and why does Crimea remain a fundamental issue?
“The number is not answering, but I can hear you”: A letter to a peer in occupation from a 10th grade student
