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about the projects and activities of the Association,
as well as the latest news about the prisoners of the Kremlin.
'The repression has changed in both character and scale' — Igor Kotelianets for Le Monde.
News
May 29
The Russians are putting the same pressure on the people of Enerhodar that they have put on the people of Crimea for years' — Ivan Samoidiuk, First Deputy Mayor of Enerhodar
News
May 25
4 out of 5 civilians who have lived through Russian imprisonment risk being refused recognition and state assistance
News
May 22
'Most likely, they took him because he had served.' The mother of Denys Lynkov, from Kharkiv region, who has been held in captivity by Russia for over four years without charges
Documenting
May 22
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Documenting
Legal support
Financial assistance
About prisoners
Events
Statements
After Russian Captivity – No More Trials: Human Rights Defenders Present a Vision for a State Rehabilitation Programme
News
Feb 25
A petition calling for the release of hostages from the Zaporizhzhia NPP has gathered over 50,000 signatures and became a subject of diplomatic discussions in Vienna ahead of the IAEA meeting.
News
Feb 25
“People whom Russia is holding hostage must not be divided or debated — they must be released immediately” — Igor Kotelianets
News
Feb 22
The Public Expert Review Produced Results: The Ministry for Development Will Pay Levko Lukianenko Scholarships
News
Feb 16
On the launch of a specialized database on the UWAZI platform for the needs of the Association — a comment by Research Coordinator Serhii Melnykovych
News
Feb 6
The Association of Relatives of Kremlin Political Prisoners responded to a request from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
News
Jan 29
“Legislation aimed at supporting individuals released from unlawful imprisonment needs to be amended” – Professional bodies
News
Jan 29
The Association has entered into a partnership with the NGO “Justice for Ukrainians” to strengthen the protection of the rights of civilians unlawfully deprived of their liberty
News
Jan 23
“We only know about thousands of civilians in Russian captivity — the real numbers are much higher” – broadcast on Halychyna Television
News
Jan 13
January 12 – the Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner.
News
Jan 12
“The return of tens of thousands of civilians is only possible through increased international pressure on Russia” – broadcast on the United News telethon.
News
Jan 9
Association is joining the creation of the “Archive of Ukraine’s War of Independence”
News
Dec 19
Human Rights Defenders Identify Systemic Problems in the Work of the Interagency Commission under the Ministry for Development: Results of a Public Monitoring Review
News
Dec 18
The Public Expert Review has been Submitted to the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
News
Dec 11
"They survived torture in captivity, yet once free they are forced to continue fighting for their rights" - interview with Daniil Bulgakov
News
Dec 6
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'Most likely, they took him because he had served.' The mother of Denys Lynkov, from Kharkiv region, who has been held in captivity by Russia for over four years without charges
Documenting
May 22
"They grabbed the two of them: she was released after three days, Ihor has been held for three years now"
Documenting
May 15
"They beat us, tortured us, and forced us to confess to things we hadn't done" – The story of Mykola Horb, abducted in Russian-occupied Kherson region
Documenting
Apr 10
"His prosthesis is broken, and he continues to be abused in the penal colony" – The story of Mykola Petrovskyiy
Documenting
Apr 3
"She was detained for documenting the occupation". The story of Iryna Levchenko
Documenting
Mar 3
"He was kidnapped for refusing to show loyalty to the occupation authorities". The story of Volodymyr Ushakov, abducted in occupied Enerhodar
Documenting
Feb 11
“The father of a Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman was kidnapped in occupied Enerhodar.” The story of Artur Horbatko
Documenting
Jan 27
“He went to get food for his family and was abducted by Russian soldiers” – The story of Ihor Mykhalchuk, who went missing during the occupation of Chernihiv region
Documenting
Dec 26
"Taken on the street – and never returned.” The story of Yehor Zhyrovkin, who disappeared during the occupation of the Kharkiv region
Documenting
Dec 23
Vasyl Safronov is being held in the Mariupol pre-trial detention center: the farmer from Zaporizhia region is being wrongly accused of "possession of weapons"
Documenting
Sep 29
Kidnapped DTEK ZaTES employee Yevgeny Kolyada has been in Russian captivity for three years
Documenting
Sep 28
Occupation of Kherson: persecution, arson, and deportation of children
Documenting
Sep 25
A young man from Zaporizhzhia region has been held in colonies by the occupiers for over two years
Documenting
Sep 24
Abduction, torture and deportation: the story of a woman from Melitopol
Documenting
Sep 23
"We were beaten every day, tortured with electric shocks": testimony of a civilian about detention in the Simferopol pre-trial detention center
Documenting
Sep 22
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Legal analysis: what our NGO has suggested in our analitics report matches with the first Ombudsman's Concept in 10 years on compensation for damages to victims of Russian aggression
Legal support
Oct 22
Our NGO is creating an algorithm for quick obtaining the status of illegally imprisoned for Ukrainian civilians who were imprisoned by the occupiers
Legal support
Sep 29
Labor rights of civilians who have been found deprived of their personal liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine
Legal support
May 10
How can people deprived of their personal liberty get professional legal assistance?
Legal support
May 1
Our recommendations on the implementation of legislation on support of political prisoners and their families became part of the special report of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
Legal support
Mar 6
With the legal support of the Association, the court finally satisfied the demands of ex-con Oleksandr Shumkov: the appeal of the Ministry of Reintegration did not receive a positive decision.
Legal support
Feb 21
Relatives of people deprived of personal freedom in connection with public, political or professional activities have the right to submit electronic applications for assistance from the Ministry of Reintegration
Legal support
Feb 21
In the first half of 2023, the Association provided financial assistance to 33 families of political prisoners and civilian hostages of the Russian Federation
Financial assistance
Jul 12
Mother of the political prisoner Sinchenko: there was a trial, Grigorii is planned to be kept for a long time in one of the most brutal pre-trial detention centers of the Russian Federation - No. 2 in Taganrog
About prisoners
Oct 21
The daughter of Kremlin prisoner Viktor Shur: a new letter with pictures had arrived from her father
About prisoners
Oct 18
10 years in Russian captivity!
About prisoners
Sep 18
After a second appeal, the Interdepartmental Commission recognized Andrii Zakhtei as a political prisoner
About prisoners
Jun 11
“Even an unfastened button can be a reason for SHIZO,” – the wife of political prisoner Emir-Usein Kuku
About prisoners
May 31
Prisoner Viktor Shur has lost all his belongings in the colony due to a flood
About prisoners
May 26
“The colony wardens say that no one needs him in the Motherland, that Ukraine has abandoned him,” the wife of political prisoner Hennadii Lymeshko
About prisoners
May 25
Political prisoner Kostiantyn Davydenko was sentenced to a month in SHIZO for his pro-Ukrainian views, but other prisoners managed to get him released earlier
About prisoners
May 25
Mykola Shyptur returned to Ukraine on May 24!
About prisoners
May 25
“My father is deprived of all contacts and kept in a complete information vacuum”, - the daughter of political prisoner Dmytro Shtyblikov
About prisoners
May 22
Political prisoner Server Mustafaiev cannot pass the first session at the university – they do not allow to use a laptop and surf the Internet in the colony
About prisoners
May 20
Teimur Abdullaiev has been in a punishment cell for more than 750 days
About prisoners
May 19
Convicted in the “case of Crimean Muslims” Uzeir Abdullayev was taken out from SHIZO on the recommendation of a doctor
About prisoners
May 19
“I recently have sent a parcel to the colony which contained mainly medicines. My father’s health is not improving,” — the son of political prisoner Volodymyr Dudka
About prisoners
May 19
“Oleksii maintains his consistent position and is very worried about us. Sometimes it seems that he worries about Ukraine more than Ukraine worries about him,” a friend of political prisoner Oleksii Bessarabov
About prisoners
May 17
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Installation dedicated to Ukrainian civilian prisoners has opened on Khreshchatyk
Events
May 2
Members of the Association visited the opening of photo exhibition “Stories from the Occupied Crimea” in Dnipro and Lutsk
Events
Mar 29
Our documentarian took part in the training "Ethical interviewing of children during the war"
Events
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Statement by Ukrainian Survivor Groups Regarding the International Compensation Mechanism for Victims of Russian Aggression and Its Temporal Scope
Statements
Dec 16
Statement on the persecution of Crimean lawyers and illegal searches of their offices
Statements
Dec 12
There will be no peace without justice: statement of Ukrainian civil society on the US-Russia negotiations
Statements
Feb 20
Statement of human rights organisations on another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars
Statements
Feb 7
Joint statement of Ukrainian NGOs on the meeting of UN Secretary-General António Guterres with Vladimir Putin. Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court
Statements
Oct 24
STATEMENT regarding the probable torture, inhumane treatment, forced displacement, violation of the right to medical assistance and the right to a fair trial of political prisoner Hryhorii Sinchenko in a Russian pre-trial detention center
Statements
Oct 17
Open letter on the occasion of the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of Ukraine’s 10-Point Peace Formula
Statements
Oct 15
Statement of human rights organizations regarding the illegal imprisonment of the blind Oleksandr Sizikov in the occupied Crimea
Statements
Sep 19
Statement of human rights organisations on the inhumane conditions of detention of citizen journalist Remzi Bekirov in a Russian colony
Statements
Sep 10
Rustem Osmanov: Unlawful Incarceration and Barbarous Detention Conditions Statement of Human Rights Organizations
Statements
Sep 3
Human rights defenders call for the release of seriously ill political prisoner Tofik Abdulhaziiev
Statements
Jul 23
Detention of Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a Crimean Tatar Human Rights Defender and Journalist Statement of Human Rights Organizations
Statements
Mar 27
Appeal of the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition regarding the mass shelling of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure on March 22, 2024
Statements
Mar 22
Appeal of civil society organizations to the United Nations Global Compact
Statements
Mar 22
Statement by human rights organizations regarding another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars
Statements
Mar 6
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