hate crimes
Civil society report on Ukraine’s EU accession finds no progress on LGBTQI+ rights legislation
In 2025, the monitoring network of the LGBT Human Rights Nash Svit Center recorded 60 incidents based on homophobia or transphobia, discrimination and other human rights violations (75 incidents in 2024). Of these, 23 incidents showed signs of hate crimes, and 15 were hate incidents
In Switzerland a man attacked a family for speaking Ukrainian on a train; Swiss police reluctant to react
The woman also noted that after the video was published, other people recognized the man and reported similar incidents. They claimed he had allegedly repeatedly threatened women and children with violence and rape. Dudnyk asserts the attacker's name is Alexander Vabix and that he is from Latvia
Violent intolerance: what is the reason for the new wave of quirophobic attacks and how to prevent it
ZMINA collected information about this year's cases of crimes against LGBTIQ people and talked to human rights defenders about what victims should do to ensure justice.
In Ivano-Frankivsk a group of young people attacked a dark-skinned foreigner
The victim was in a state of shock and hospitalized
In Kyiv camp of Romani people burned after being abandoned due to threats
Just a week ago, representatives of the Chiricli Charitable Foundation sent an appeal to international organizations about threats and wrote a statement to the National Police
Moldovan citizen proves in Strasbourg that Russia violated his rights in Transnistria
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of the plaintiff in the case "Mozer v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia."
Crimean Tatar Property Set on Fire
A human rights activist reports that, in the last few days in Crimea, a hotel, restaurants and cars belonging to Crimean Tatars have been set on fire
Columns
Fighting a ‘holy war’: Why a sacralised war resists Western strategy
“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
Only 5% of those responsible for deporting Ukrainian children face global sanctions
