Russian courts freed two seriously ill Crimean Muslims. Months later, both are back in prison.
One has cancer, the other is blind. Both were re-arrested after brief releases on medical grounds.
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Georgia criminalizes masked protests, repeat offenders face prison
Georgia's parliament locked in criminal penalties for protest participation on 31 October, with 80 MPs backing amendments that make a third violation punishable by up to two years in prison.
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna posthumously named World Press Freedom Hero
Award honors journalist killed in Russian captivity for her fearless reporting from occupied Ukraine
Russia lobbies UN aviation agency to end air sanctions, claims violations of human rights
Russia is pressing the UN’s aviation body to lift sanctions on spare parts and overflights, claiming they violate “human rights,” even as its airlines scramble for Western components and its Belarusian ally faces fresh scrutiny over backdoor transfers.
BBC: Ukrainian civilian freed after years in Russian captivity — his story is one of beatings, starvation, and survival
Journalist Dmytro Khyliuk spent three and a half years in captivity without charges before finally returning home in a rare swap.
Moscow cuts another lifeline to Europe’s human rights system as Putin moves to exit anti-torture convention
The step shields Russian prisons from international inspectors, raising fears for Ukrainian POWs and abducted civilians.
33 Russian guards, medics, commanders: InformNapalm links POW abuse in Mordovia to named Russian staff
The OSINT publication exposes those allegedly complicit in systematic violence against Ukrainian captives at IK-10 colony.
Ukrainian human rights defender Maksym Butkevych shortlisted for Václav Havel Prize
One of Ukraine’s leading voices on human rights spent 913 days in Russian prison.
Russia creates diplomatic crisis, stranding 96 Ukrainian prisoners from occupied territories at Georgian border
For weeks, Russia has been dropping Ukrainians at Georgia’s border, where they live in limbo under tin roofs and the threat of winter.
WP: Trump administration plans to soften criticism of Russia on human rights
Trump's human rights report on Russia omits the Supreme Court's LGBTQ+ organization ban and related arrests, which a former State Department official calls a "glaring omission."
OSCE at 50: Kick Russia out or shut it down
Fifty years on, the OSCE lets Russia bomb, kidnap, and veto. Time’s up—kick Moscow out or close the doors.
Europe hits Kremlin’s labs over prohibited chemical attacks in Ukraine
Moscow’s forces accused of violating international law 6,900 times.
Russia’s strikes on Ukrainian hotels expose deliberate campaign on foreign reporters
Foreign editorials often do not get what is happening.
Russian soldiers who looted Nova Kakhovka residents vanish as pro-Ukrainian partisans strengthen their network in Kherson Oblast
Two Russian National Guard soldiers notorious for systematically robbing Nova Kakhovka civilians have mysteriously disappeared from occupation checkpoints, creating panic among Russian commanders.
Dozens of delegates leave UN hall during Russia’s speech
European diplomats demonstrated their continued support for Ukraine by exiting the UN Human Rights Council chamber during Russia's address on Wednesday.
“I had no time to hide”: Russian small-range drones become deadliest weapon against Ukrainian civilians in January
Kherson Oblast bore the brunt of Russian drone strikes, accounting for 70% of casualties along the Dnipro River.
Kyiv university professor suspended after dozens of victims accussed him of sexual harassment
Accusations of sexual harassment against Andrii Bilous, a prominent Kyiv theatre professor, have sparked a police investigation and protests by his colleagues and students demanding accountability.
Russia seizes land from Ukrainians who refuse Russian passports in occupied Kherson Oblast
Russian occupation authorities implement systematic land confiscation from Ukrainians who resist acquiring Russian citizenship, while simultaneously settling Russian, Adyghe, and Ossetian civilians in seized properties.
No power, no aid: Russians leave occupied Kherson Oblast without basic services
Residents in occupied Kherson face months without electricity, water, and emergency services while Russian authorities pressure locals to accept passports or lose access to essential services including medical care.
Russian occupation transforms Crimea’s demographics with 35% population replacement over ten years, says expert
Russian authorities have orchestrated a massive demographic shift in occupied Crimea, bringing in one million new residents while forcing out native populations through systematic repression. The peninsula has also seen 20,000 residents conscripted into Russian forces since 2022, with hundreds facing conviction for refusing service.