The images of dead bodies lying on the streets in Ukrainian cities have shocked the world. Many want to see justice and accountability for the atrocities. Civil Rights Defenders’ partners are now work...
Defending human rights, democracy, and freedom of expression is particularly important in times of war. But it is also particularly dangerous. During the past weeks of war in Ukraine, we have seen an ...
How do you continue working while your country is being invaded, people are fleeing by the millions and air strikes can rain from the sky at any time? Nataliya Gumenyuk, a Ukrainian reporter in Kyiv, ...
In front of her computer, with the phone constantly ringing, Maria helps people who have been hurt or arrested during anti-war protests in Russia. “Since 24 February, I have been working practica...
One morning after the invasion, police came knocking on Mika’s door. His crime – a small Ukrainian flag he drew together with his daughter, with the words “No to war” written on it. The da...
Authorities in Russia continue their repression to silence opposition within the country. More than 6,800 protesters have been detained for participating in anti-war rallies, including many journalist...
At 5AM Kyiv time today, Putin launched a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine. On 21 February 2022, Russia overrode the Minsk agreement by illegally recognising the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk P...
A further armed conflict in Ukraine would be devastating for human rights in both countries. Since Russia illegally occupied Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, the situation for human rights, and ci...
Russia occupied Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in the spring of 2014; since then, the persecution of journalists, human rights defenders, and civic activists in the region has increased. The Crimean Tata...
The Ukrainian LGBTI+ activist Olena Shevchenko is one of the participants in our security programme, the Natalia Project. Olena and her colleagues are an important voice for human rights in Ukraine. T...
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