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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.
January 12 – the Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner.
News
Jan 12
Broadcast of United News on the Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner
News
Jan 9
“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
News
Documenting
Legal support
Financial assistance
About prisoners
Events
Statements
Submission to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances
News
Jul 7
We joined forces for the freedom of ZNPP workers
News
Jul 3
Russian aggression has resulted in thousands of cases of enforced disappearances of Ukrainian civilians
News
Jul 3
How to collect documents, fill out an application and submit it to the Commission for Establishing the Fact of Deprivation of Personal Liberty
News
Jul 2
Legal Aid Service Digest: 168 appeals for March–May 2025
News
Jun 27
Post-traumatic growth: the path from bondage to inner freedom
News
Jun 26
March in Kyiv in support of women illegally imprisoned by Russia
News
Jun 19
The voice of the victims must be heard. And taken into account.
News
Jun 13
Release without evidence: How can civilians prove their Imprisonment by the aggressor state?
News
Dec 19
The member states of the conference in Montreal undertook to return illegally imprisoned, captured and deported Ukrainians
News
Nov 1
In Ukraine there is discrimination against those illegally imprisoned in the occupation, who are released on their own
News
Oct 16
Unknown persons beat the Crimean Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Klyment, who supports political prisoners
News
Sep 11
Rights of Civilians Unlawfully Imprisoned by the Russian Federation to Deferment and Discharge from Military Service
News
May 10
The Levchenko couple is still being held hostage by the Russian Federation
News
May 6
"In Favor" - 41%, Renaming Approved!
News
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
"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
Another case of persecution of civilians in Crimea: woman accused of "high treason"
Documenting
Sep 20
Kindergarten worker forcibly detained and held in occupation
Documenting
Sep 19
‘They kidnapped him in broad daylight and took him away with other prisoners.’
Documenting
Aug 25
‘They hit me on the head and forced me to sign papers.’
Documenting
Aug 21
«Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin» joined the T4P initiative - Tribunal for Putin
Documenting
Nov 9
A fictional terrorist. The story of the civilian pilot Oleksandr Morozov
Documenting
Mar 29
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
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
Prisoner Ihor Kiiashko is not provided with medical aid after having suffered severe cramps in the colony
About prisoners
May 17
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
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
The wife of political prisoner Volodymyr Yakymenko told about the oppression of her husband in the colony
About prisoners
May 11
Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko is subjected to psychological pressure in colony
About prisoners
May 9
“The release of my son now depends entirely on the Armed Forces of Ukraine” – Valentyn Vyhivskyi’s father
About prisoners
May 8
Released political prisoner Arsen Dzhepparov told the Association about his health condition and plans for the future
About prisoners
May 3
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
Andrii Zakhtei is waiting for a written confirmation from Latviia to return to Ukraine
About prisoners
Apr 5
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
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
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
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
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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