On the occasion of Political Prisoners' Day in Russia, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) condemns the imprisonment and torture of Ukrainian and Russian civilians and calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners. Day of Political Prisoners in Russia Thousands tortured and dehumanised Electric shocks, rape and cruel torture are commonplace Frankfurt am Main / Moscow, 29 October 2025 – In Russia, critics of the
Crimea. Peninsula of fear Russia continues to persecute Crimean Tatars – Appaz Kurtamet is the youngest Crimean Tatar political prisoner and is being held in Siberia BY MICHAEL LEH At the press conference of the Society for Threatened Peoples in Berlin (from left): Elvis Colpuh, Aishe Kurtamet, and Sarah Reinke. - Photo: Michael Leh The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has reported in Berlin on the ongoing persecution
The horror in my house - Russian occupied territories in Ukraine This documentary reveals the deepest human abysses, which are still unknown to many, but which we must not deny. Introduction "There is an old rule: Wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, it belongs to us." So said the president of the world's largest country, Vladimir Putin, who has been charged with war crimes, on camera on 20 June 2025.
We cordially invite you to the press conference and presentation of the new IGFM documentation: "The horror in my house: Systematic human rights violations in the occupied territories of Ukraine" Date: 24 September 2025, 11:00 a.m. Location: Zoom meeting Dear colleagues, dear interested parties and friends, Since the Russian full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, Ukrainians living in the occupied territories have been subjected to systematic oppression, persecution and torture
Please make arrangements for Alex Lipzer to be released to attend the ceremony to say goodbye to his mum. Elena Lipzer. Photo: social media Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Nikolayevna Moskalova Chairman of the Vladimir Regional Court Sergey Konstantinovich Shishkin On 5 September, Elena Liptser, a well-known Moscow lawyer and friend of Novaya Gazeta, passed away after a long illness. Lena was only 58 years old,
"Sakharov Institute" and the movement named after him are recognised as "undesirable" Information about this appeared on the website of the Russian Ministry of Justice; the decision on the listing was dated 22 July. It is noteworthy that the Sakharov Institute, at least, has a legal entity in Europe, while the movement "Peace. Progress. Human Rights" is a completely informal structure, a community of people with no legal entities, no
Russia bears full responsibility for the torment and death in its captivity of Oleksandr Markov whose health would have already been gravely undermined by being held incommunicado, and certainly denied proper medical care for almost a year. Oleksandr Markov in ’court’ Photo posted by Dmytro Orlov 74-year-old Oleksandr Markov has died in Russian captivity, while being illegally taken to a prison colony in the Krasnodar region of the
St Petersburg activist Dasha Kozyreva began to be persecuted almost from the very beginning of the war, in the spring of 2022, when she was just 17 years old. Fragments of a letter from 19-year-old Dasha Kozyreva, convicted for poetry by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko Then the girl wrote on a city installation dedicated to the ‘twinning’ of St. Petersburg and occupied Mariupol the phrase "Murderers, you bombed
"You can't shut everyone up. If that puts me in prison, then so be it. It's much easier for my voice to be heard all the stronger," said Alexander Skobow on 21 March 2025 Alexander Skobov in court in a security cell - called an aquarium. Photo: Dmitry Zyganov When he was sentenced by the First Western Military Court in Moscow to 16 years in prison for justifying
German MP Michael Gahler addressed the European Parliament MP Michael Gahler in the European Parliament: The fate of Ukrainians under Russian control is appalling. In the photo on the right, Konstantin Zinovkin He outlined the problem of Ukrainians being held captive by the Russian Federation. Here is an excerpt from his speech: If we look at the physical condition of most of the released Ukrainians during the prisoner