Ukraine
The armed conflict in eastern Ukraine continues to take a high toll on civilians, from threatening their physical safety to limiting access to food, medicines, adequate housing, and schools. Travel restrictions imposed by Russia-backed armed groups and by Ukrainian authorities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on economic and social rights, exacerbating hardship for civilians and driving them deeper into poverty. The pandemic disproportionately affected women, who account for over 80 percent of Ukraine’s healthcare and social workers and led to a surge in domestic violence cases. Journalists and media workers continue to face harassment and threats connected to their reporting. Ethnic minorities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and rights activists risk violence from far-right groups. The government maintains discriminatory policies toward pensioners in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian proxies.

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Internally Displaced PeopleThis submission is based on Human Rights Watch research on human rights issues impacting older women, including domestic violence, abuse, and neglect in residential institutions for older people, abuses during armed conflict, and health disparities.
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Europe/Central AsiaHuman Rights Watch writes to call on your government to bring home or help repatriate, as a matter of urgent priority, the estimated 40 Ukrainian women, and children arbitrarily and indefinitely held in camps in northeast Syria (NES) as Islamic State (ISIS) suspects and family members. These citizens, a majority of them children, some as young as 2.5, are among nearly 14,000 non-Iraqi foreigners who have been detained by the armed forces of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of NES since the fall of ISIS self-declared caliphate on March 23, 2019, and in some cases longer.
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Ukraine: Armed Groups’ Arbitrary Pandemic Restrictions
Facilitate Safe Crossing for Civilians to Meet Humanitarian Needs
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Ukraine: Covid-19 Rules Blocked Access to Pensions
Restrictions That Pushed People into Poverty Lifted, But More Reform Needed
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Ukraine: People with Limited Mobility Can’t Access Pensions
Pensioners Unable to Travel from Separatist-held Areas Need Reforms
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Crimea: Conscription Violates International Law
Russia Flouting Human Rights Obligations Five Years into Occupation
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Bring Ukrainian Women, Children Home from Syria
Detained in Dire Conditions; Urgently Need Consular Support
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Minimize Civilian Harm in Eastern Ukraine Conflict
Potential Escalation in Hostilities Requires Focus on Civilian Protection
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New Raids and Arrests in Crimea
Russia Should Stop Using Unfounded Terrorism Charges for Purposes of Persecution
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Ukraine Police Break up Peaceful Protest Against Far-Right Violence
13 Protesters Detained, Face Fines
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European Court Accepts Case to Adjudicate Abuses in Crimea
Decision Recognizes Abuses in Crimea Are Attributable to Russia
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Ukraine: Armed Groups’ Arbitrary Pandemic Restrictions
Facilitate Safe Crossing for Civilians to Meet Humanitarian Needs
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