Belarus uses prisoner release to charm West, not for democratization. Lukashenka stands with Russia anyway, says defense report
Belarus is simultaneously releasing US prisoners and hosting missiles aimed at US allies.
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Zelenskyy, Belarusian opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya hold first formal bilateral meeting in Vilnius
Discussed political prisoners, sanctions on Lukashenka, and deepening cooperation
Three Ukrainians freed in Venezuela with support from US and Europe
The Foreign Ministry says they are safe and en route to reunite with families, following international diplomatic coordination.
Nobel laureate, top opposition figures freed as Belarus trades prisoners for US sanctions relief
US lifts potash sanctions after Trump envoy's two-day talks with Lukashenka
67% of Crimea’s repression targets one people: Crimean Tatars. The US peace plan would hand them to Russia
Crimean Tatars survived Stalin's deportation. Now they face Russia's repression.
Russia charges 70-year-old Ukrainian scientist with treason for protecting Antarctic marine life
His "crime" was protecting Antarctic marine life.
Putin gave him 13 years. Europe gave him its highest honor.
He taught English with cigarette packets in Putin's prison. Europe just honored his courage
US lifts sanctions on Belarusian airline in exchange for prisoner releases, wants to “normalize relations”
The move marks a rare diplomatic breakthrough with Russian-allied Belarus, which has long faced Western sanctions over human rights abuses.
Inside occupied Crimea: torture, disappearances, and total suppression of dissent
A Freedom House report sheds light on systematic abuses in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.
Georgia quits PACE over calls for new elections and political prisoner release
Georgia's pro-Russian ruling party announced it is suspending participation in the Assembly.
Putin’s war machine in Ukraine feeds on unpunished Soviet crimes
As Russia revives unpunished Soviet terror tactics, a dissident leader cautions the West: failing to act in Ukraine risks repeating the fatal mistake of appeasement.
Over 1,126 cases filed in Crimea for ‘discrediting’ Russian army: repression deepens
Russian occupation authorities in Crimea have detained 218 people (including 132 Crimean Tatars), escalated militarization with strategic deployments, all amidst an ongoing ecological disaster from a recent oil spill.
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.
He fought Putin’s prisons for 10 years – then spent 913 days in one
From defending rights to defending Ukraine, rights advocate Maksym Butkevych confronted his harshest test: surviving 913 days in Russian prisons he once fought from the outside.
Germany releases Russian hitman, enabling largest post-Cold War prisoner exchange
Germany's decision to release Vadim Krasikov, a Russian assassin convicted of a Chechen rebel murder in Berlin, proved crucial and ordered by Putin himself in facilitating a major West-Russia prisoner exchange, initially aimed at freeing Aleksei Navalny, but instead returning other high-profile political prisoners and dissidents in exchange for spies and cybercriminals.
Russian court sentences Ukrainian man to 25 years in prison for alleged railway sabotage
Apart from railway sabotage, the Russian Military Court also charged Serhii Karmazin with espionage, training in sabotage and terrorist activities, and preparation for a terrorist act, while denying him access to a human rights lawyer during the investigation.
Ukrainian religious scholar who survived Russian captivity dies at the age of 69
In Kyiv, people said goodbye to Ukrainian scientist and religious scholar Ihor Kozlovsky, who died on 6 September 2023. The funeral and memorial services were held in St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on 9 September 2023.
Political prisoner returns home after 7 years
Political prisoner Arsen Dzhepparov has returned home today after being 7 years in Russia's prison. His daughter Evelina…
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…
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…