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Russia
Wherever Russia occupies Ukrainian territory, there is a systematic process of stamping out any trace of Ukrainian identity. By definition, this is tantamount to genocide.
Oct. 17
Russia
Some of the posts compared the incident to the treatment of surrendering German soldiers during World War II, whom the Red Army would not take prisoner.
Oct. 14
Russian Armed Forces
Initial reports showed multiple bodies, stripped naked with only their underwear on, lying face down on the ground after allegedly being shot by Russian troops upon surrendering.
Oct. 13
Ukraine
Belarus has displaced at least 2,219 Ukrainian children: They re-educate, militarize, and use them in propaganda
Oct. 13
Russia
Moscow regularly sentences people it accuses of working for Ukraine or of criticizing Russia’s invasion of February 2022 (full-scale) or 2014 (Crimea and Donbas).
Oct. 5
Russia
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine assures Ukrainians who received Russian passports under duress that they won’t be held accountable.
Sep. 30
Belarus
Kolesnikova led massive street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020, refused to be forcibly deported and was then sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2021.
Aug. 31
Human Rights
As Ukraine fights for its very existence, another not-so-quiet revolution is happening in the country as it embraces equal rights for the LGBTQ community.
Aug. 14
Human Rights
The plight of independent journalists in Russia keeps getting worse. Apart from high-profile assassinations and arrests, there are obstacle to press freedom at every step.
Aug. 13
Kremlin
A renowned exiled Russian political analyst reminisces about the contribution of the recently deceased UK scholar and human rights campaigner, Peter Reddaway.
Aug. 11
War in Ukraine
Russian prosecutors say an amateur ballet dancer holding dual US and Russian citizenship is guilty of treason for donating just over $50 to the Ukraine’s armed forces in 2022.
Aug. 9
Russia
A UN official in charge of the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine described Russian torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) as “the worst [she has] seen” in her 20-year career.
Aug. 8
Ukraine
According to the author Amnesty International is no longer the human rights organization it once was purported to be.
Jul. 21
War in Ukraine
President Zelensky also said the number of wounded has risen to 190 people, some still trapped under rubble and at least 98 victims hospitalized.
Jul. 9
War in Ukraine
Robert van Voren, a human rights advocate and the Director of the Andrei Sakharov Research Center, discusses his involvement in Ukraine's resistance to Russia's aggression.
Jun. 21
Russia
Mass inspections against foreign citizens in Russian cities began following the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall, for which individuals from Tajikistan were accused.
Apr. 29
A UN official in charge of the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine described Russian torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) as “the worst [she has] seen” in her 20-year career.
Aug. 8