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Here you can find the most important information
about the projects and activities of the Association,
as well as the latest news about the prisoners of the Kremlin.

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January 12 – the Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner.

News
Jan 12
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Broadcast of United News on the Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner

News
Jan 9
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“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
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"Taken on the street – and never returned.” The story of Yehor Zhyrovkin, who disappeared during the occupation of the Kharkiv region

Documenting
Dec 23
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Documenting
Legal support
Financial assistance
About prisoners
Events
Statements
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Submission to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances

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Jul 7
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We joined forces for the freedom of ZNPP workers

News
Jul 3
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Russian aggression has resulted in thousands of cases of enforced disappearances of Ukrainian civilians

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Jul 3
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How to collect documents, fill out an application and submit it to the Commission for Establishing the Fact of Deprivation of Personal Liberty

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Jul 2
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Legal Aid Service Digest: 168 appeals for March–May 2025

News
Jun 27
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Post-traumatic growth: the path from bondage to inner freedom

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Jun 26
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March in Kyiv in support of women illegally imprisoned by Russia

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Jun 19
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The voice of the victims must be heard. And taken into account.

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Jun 13
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Release without evidence: How can civilians prove their Imprisonment by the aggressor state?

News
Dec 19
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The member states of the conference in Montreal undertook to return illegally imprisoned, captured and deported Ukrainians

News
Nov 1
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In Ukraine there is discrimination against those illegally imprisoned in the occupation, who are released on their own

News
Oct 16
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Unknown persons beat the Crimean Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Klyment, who supports political prisoners

News
Sep 11
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Rights of Civilians Unlawfully Imprisoned by the Russian Federation to Deferment and Discharge from Military Service

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May 10
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The Levchenko couple is still being held hostage by the Russian Federation

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May 6
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"In Favor" - 41%, Renaming Approved!

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May 3
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“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
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"Taken on the street – and never returned.” The story of Yehor Zhyrovkin, who disappeared during the occupation of the Kharkiv region

Documenting
Dec 23
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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
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Kidnapped DTEK ZaTES employee Yevgeny Kolyada has been in Russian captivity for three years

Documenting
Sep 28
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Occupation of Kherson: persecution, arson, and deportation of children

Documenting
Sep 25
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A young man from Zaporizhzhia region has been held in colonies by the occupiers for over two years

Documenting
Sep 24
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Abduction, torture and deportation: the story of a woman from Melitopol

Documenting
Sep 23
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"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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Another case of persecution of civilians in Crimea: woman accused of "high treason"

Documenting
Sep 20
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Kindergarten worker forcibly detained and held in occupation

Documenting
Sep 19
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‘They kidnapped him in broad daylight and took him away with other prisoners.’

Documenting
Aug 25
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‘They hit me on the head and forced me to sign papers.’

Documenting
Aug 21
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«Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin» joined the T4P initiative - Tribunal for Putin

Documenting
Nov 9
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A fictional terrorist. The story of the civilian pilot Oleksandr Morozov

Documenting
Mar 29
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Employee of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant about the occupation of the power plant by the Russian army

Documenting
Mar 26
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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
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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
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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
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How can people deprived of their personal liberty get professional legal assistance?

Legal support
May 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Prisoner Ihor Kiiashko is not provided with medical aid after having suffered severe cramps in the colony

About prisoners
May 17
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The administration of IK No. 2 in Ulan-Ude is looking for an occasion to charge political prisoner Oleksandr Marchenko with discrediting the Russian Federation armed forces again

About prisoners
May 15
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Due to his refusal to work for the Russian Federation, Volodymyr Yakymenko was placed in SHIZO for a long time, probably with further transfer to SCD (strict conditions of detention)

About prisoners
May 15
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The wife of political prisoner Volodymyr Yakymenko told about the oppression of her husband in the colony

About prisoners
May 11
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Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko is subjected to psychological pressure in colony

About prisoners
May 9
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“The release of my son now depends entirely on the Armed Forces of Ukraine” – Valentyn Vyhivskyi’s father

About prisoners
May 8
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Released political prisoner Arsen Dzhepparov told the Association about his health condition and plans for the future

About prisoners
May 3
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On April 18, Crimean Tatar Murat Mustafaiev was sentenced to 4 years in prison on charges of participation in “Hizb ut-Tahrir”

About prisoners
Apr 25
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Andrii Zakhtei is waiting for a written confirmation from Latviia to return to Ukraine

About prisoners
Apr 5
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Political prisoner Mykola Shyptur will be held in the Center for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens in Rostov Region until June 6 by court order

About prisoners
Mar 21
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The Migration service refused former political prisoner Andrii Zakhtei in a temporary document to return from Russia to Ukrainian territory after release from a colony

About prisoners
Mar 20
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After his release, former political prisoner Mykola Shyptur is being held in the Center for the Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens in Rostov region, and he is being held in SHIZO

About prisoners
Mar 19
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Letters from prisoners of the Kremlin: Halyna Dovhopola, Volodymyr Dudka and Volodymyr Yakymenko

About prisoners
Mar 12
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Members of the Association visited the opening of photo exhibition “Stories from the Occupied Crimea” in Dnipro and Lutsk

Events
Mar 29
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Our documentarian took part in the training "Ethical interviewing of children during the war"

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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
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Statement on the persecution of Crimean lawyers and illegal searches of their offices

Statements
Dec 12
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There will be no peace without justice: statement of Ukrainian civil society on the US-Russia negotiations

Statements
Feb 20
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Statement of human rights organisations on another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars

Statements
Feb 7
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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
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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
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Open letter on the occasion of the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of Ukraine’s 10-Point Peace Formula

Statements
Oct 15
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Statement of human rights organizations regarding the illegal imprisonment of the blind Oleksandr Sizikov in the occupied Crimea

Statements
Sep 19
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Statement of human rights organisations on the inhumane conditions of detention of citizen journalist Remzi Bekirov in a Russian colony

Statements
Sep 10
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Rustem Osmanov: Unlawful Incarceration and Barbarous Detention Conditions Statement of Human Rights Organizations

Statements
Sep 3
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Human rights defenders call for the release of seriously ill political prisoner Tofik Abdulhaziiev

Statements
Jul 23
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Detention of Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a Crimean Tatar Human Rights Defender and Journalist Statement of Human Rights Organizations

Statements
Mar 27
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Appeal of the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition regarding the mass shelling of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure on March 22, 2024

Statements
Mar 22
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Appeal of civil society organizations to the United Nations Global Compact

Statements
Mar 22
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Statement by human rights organizations regarding another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars

Statements
Mar 6
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We fight for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin and provide support to their families. We document war crimes and crimes against humanity in the temporarily occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia region.

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