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...
On 1 November, Ukrainian human rights defender and LGBTI+ activist Olena Shevchenko was attacked by two unknown perpetrators in Kyiv, Ukraine. The attackers shouted homophobic slurs and caused moderat...
Civil Rights Defenders and several other member organisations from the Coalition for the ICC call on Ukraine to ratify the International Criminal Court (ICC) Rome Statute. In a joint letter to Volodym...
This statement was issued when all friends, family, and colleagues of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko were under the impression he had been murdered by persons unknown in Kyiv, Ukraine. Several ho...
On 8 March 2018 – International women’s day – a women’s rights parade in Kiev, Ukraine was attacked by 200 ultra-right radicals armed with sticks and tear gas. Furthermore, one of the organisers of th...
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