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News about Ukrainian political prisoners and hostages.

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Political prisoners

Russian court jails 65-year-old teacher for “terrorism” after hiding Ukrainian soldier

Occupation authorities accused her of aiding a plot to assassinate an occupation administration's member in occupied Donetsk, but she denied knowing about such activities.

byYuri Zoria

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15 Russians raped her for false confession – Ukrainian mother gets 18-year sentence after years of torture in secret Russian prison

A Russian kangaroo court against Ukrainians inadvertently revealed the chilling torture practices at the Izolyatsia "death factory” treated as “entertainment” by her captors.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Political prisoners

Russia tortures two Crimean Tatar political prisoners to death

Kostiantyn Shyrinh and Dzhemil Gafarov received the longest sentences from Russian courts, which accused them of spying and…

byOlena Mukhina

Ukrainian medical workers from Mariupol in Russian captivity

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Political prisoners

Stories too horrifying to disclose. Over 80 Ukrainian medics tortured in Russian captivity

In addition to the Defenders of Azovstal, Russian forces captured the entire staff of the 555th Military Hospital…

byChristine Chraibi

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Political prisoners

How Russia fabricated the case against Crimean Tatar leader Dzhelyal

On 18 February at 10 am, the Russia-controlled Supreme Court of Crimea heard a criminal case against Nariman…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Russia sentences RFE/RL freelancer to six years in first case of torture of professional journalist in Crimea

On 9 March, Vladyslav Yesypenko, a RFE/RL journalist who reported on developments in Crimea, filmed a flower-laying ceremony…

byYuliia Rudenko

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“My legs were black and blue from beatings” – Ukrainian hostage recalls Donbas militants’ torture

It was the morning of 9 November 2017 when Maryna Yurchak, a chemical technologist from Donetsk, was detained…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Political prisoners

How Russian imperialism jailed Ukrainian dissidents 50 years ago and today

12 January is the Day of the Ukrainian political prisoner, established to honor people who were imprisoned on…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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Political prisoners

Drawing the life he is not living: prison art by Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin showcased in Berlin | Photos

Take a peek at exclusive photos from Atelier Soldina, an exposition space in Berlin, which saw the opening…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Political prisoners

This January, send a letter to a Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin

Most of us will spend the cozy winter holidays with our family and good food. But there are…

byAlya Shandra

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65-year-old Russian historian of Stalin’s terror has prison sentence extended to 15 years

On 27 December, judge Yekaterina Khomyakova Petrozavodsk City Court (Karelia, Russia) extended Yury Dmitriev's 13-year prison sentence by…

byYuliia Rudenko

Crimean Tatar activist was abducted and tortured with electric shocks by Russian FSB

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“After the third shock, my brain exploded”: Crimean Tatar activist says FSB tortured him with electricity to obtain “confessions”

On 21 December, Nariman Ametov, a Crimean Tatar activist and the father of three minor children, reported on…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Political prisoners

Ukrainian political prisoner, father of four who resisted Crimean occupation starts a hunger strike in Russian prison

Contents What do we know about Ivan Yatskin? The case of Ivan Yatskin Treatment of Ivan Yatskin in…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Political prisoners

Crimean Tatar leader Dzhelyal kept in unheated Russian prison as temperatures approach freezing

On 4 September, Pervomayskoye village of Simferopol region of Crimea saw the detention of Nariman Dzhelyal. On 6…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Russia detains leader of Crimean Tatar resistance movement

Dilyaver Memetov was detained for his appearance three days earlier at the meeting of Edem Semedlyaev, a human…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Stalin executed their great-grandfather 83 years ago. Now Russia sentenced these Crimean Tatars on same charges

Yesterday, on 29 October, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia sentenced four Crimean Tatars from Bakhchysarai…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Soviet tradition of punitive psychiatry continues in Russia-occupied Crimea

There is no basis for moving Nariman Dzhelyal to the psychiatric hospital. This is not the opinion of…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Political prisoners

“There is no greater humiliation than reducing a person to an animal without any rights.” Kremlin hostages share their prison survival strategies

Тoday, 127 Ukrainian citizens are illegally imprisoned in Russia and occupied Crimea for political reasons, and 283 Ukrainians…

byBohdan Ben

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VIP campaigners step up for the Kremlin’s Ukrainian hostages

Six Crimean citizen journalists imprisoned for political reasons now have mentors from different states, Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Why this Crimean Tatar Muslim woman gives the Russian occupation authorities a headache

“I only feel fear in one instance – when people get arrested. This is what brings tears to…

byYuliia Rudenko

Political prisoners

Russian court jails 65-year-old teacher for “terrorism” after hiding Ukrainian soldier

15 Russians raped her for false confession – Ukrainian mother gets 18-year sentence after years of torture in secret Russian prison

Russia tortures two Crimean Tatar political prisoners to death

Stories too horrifying to disclose. Over 80 Ukrainian medics tortured in Russian captivity

How Russia fabricated the case against Crimean Tatar leader Dzhelyal

Russia sentences RFE/RL freelancer to six years in first case of torture of professional journalist in Crimea

“My legs were black and blue from beatings” – Ukrainian hostage recalls Donbas militants’ torture

How Russian imperialism jailed Ukrainian dissidents 50 years ago and today

Drawing the life he is not living: prison art by Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin showcased in Berlin | Photos

This January, send a letter to a Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin

65-year-old Russian historian of Stalin’s terror has prison sentence extended to 15 years

“After the third shock, my brain exploded”: Crimean Tatar activist says FSB tortured him with electricity to obtain “confessions”

Ukrainian political prisoner, father of four who resisted Crimean occupation starts a hunger strike in Russian prison

Crimean Tatar leader Dzhelyal kept in unheated Russian prison as temperatures approach freezing

Russia detains leader of Crimean Tatar resistance movement

Stalin executed their great-grandfather 83 years ago. Now Russia sentenced these Crimean Tatars on same charges

Soviet tradition of punitive psychiatry continues in Russia-occupied Crimea

“There is no greater humiliation than reducing a person to an animal without any rights.” Kremlin hostages share their prison survival strategies

VIP campaigners step up for the Kremlin’s Ukrainian hostages

Why this Crimean Tatar Muslim woman gives the Russian occupation authorities a headache

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