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January 12, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Russian Invasion Causing Widespread Suffering for Civilians

Accountability for Apparent War Crimes, Other Abuses Crucial

A family walks amid destroyed military vehicles in Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine, April 6, 2022.
December 22, 2022 News Release

Russian Forces Forcibly Disappear Ukrainian Activist

Iryna Horobtsova Believed to be Held in Crimea, After Forcible Transfer

Iryna Horobtsova
December 20, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Russians Pillage Kherson Cultural Institutions

Art and Artifacts Stolen

A woman shines a flashlight on a stack of empty picture frames
December 19, 2022 Dispatches

Doctor Describes Toll of Attack on Hospital in Southern Ukraine

“The Hospital Was My Home. Now It is in Ruins”

Ukrainian firefighters work at a damaged hospital maternity ward in Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.
December 13, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Apparent Cluster Munitions Hit Kherson

Days After Leaving, Russian Forces Fired on City, Wounding Civilians

The fragmentation pattern left by an apparent cluster munition impact during an attack on a populated neighborhood in Kherson city
December 6, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Russian Attacks on Energy Grid Threaten Civilians

Leveraging Civilian Harm as a Tactic of War; Millions Without Electricity, Water, Heat

Doctors operate with phone flashlights during a power outage in Kyiv. Numerous missile and drone attacks in October and November have deprived millions of Ukrainians of at least temporary access to electricity, water, heat, and related vital services. Kyiv, November 30, 2022.
October 26, 2022 Dispatches

Russia Uses Facial Recognition to Hunt Down Draft Evaders

Moscow Police Detain Draftees, Peaceful Protest Participants

Facial recognition payment gates at Smolenskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia.
October 20, 2022 Commentary

Russian Police are Torturing Anti-War Activists

Those standing up to the war report horrific instances of abuse at the hands of the authorities

October 19, 2022 Report

Ukraine: Russian Forces Tortured Izium Detainees

Survivors Describe Beatings, Electric Shocks, Waterboarding

“Boghdan” said soldiers forced him into the “parrot position” at least once. He said that in one instance the metal pipe was unable to carry his weight; when soldiers lifted him up, the pipe bent and broke.
October 4, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Three Men’s Bodies Found in Forest

Four Months After Men Were Detained, Tortured by Russia-Linked Forces

Russian-affiliated forces detained and tortured men in a cellar behind these houses that they occupied during March and April in Kapytolivka village, Kharkiv region. September 28, 2022.
September 30, 2022 Dispatches

Fictitious Annexation Follows 'Voting' at Gunpoint

Sham Vote in Occupied Regions of Ukraine Provides No Legal Basis for Russian Annexation

A Russian officer guards a polling station in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia.
September 21, 2022 Commentary

Finally, a Better U.S. War Crimes Bill. Now What?

Justice is having a moment.

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020.
September 1, 2022 News Release

Forcible Transfer of Ukrainians to Russia

Punitive, Abusive Screening of Fleeing Civilians

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September 1, 2022 Witness

Witness: Forced Transfers and the Perilous Journeys that Brought Ukrainians to Russia

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August 25, 2022 News Release

Growing Civilian Toll from Russian Cluster Munition Attacks

Global Report Tracks New Use, Production of Widely Rejected Weapon

Remnants of dozens of Smerch and Uragan cluster munition rockets collected by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service from Kharkiv in April 2022.

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