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March 29, 2023 Q & A

Q&A: Justice Efforts for Ukraine

A resident looks at an apartment building damaged during heavy fighting near the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, April 16, 2022.
March 22, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: Izium Apartment Victims Need Justice

Digital Reconstruction Highlights Russian Forces' Deadly Attack

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March 10, 2023 Dispatches

Russia’s 'Verdict' against Ukrainian POW a Cynical Farce

Rights Defender Maxym Butkevych “Sentenced” to 13 Years by Russian-Controlled Entity

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February 24, 2023 Commentary

Ukraine: Human Cost of Brutal Russian Invasion

Hugh Williamson charts human-rights violations in Ukraine — and calls for perpetrators to be held to account

An older woman using a wheelchair is evacuated from a hospice
February 23, 2023 Commentary

‘I Lost Everything’: Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Civilians

Justice for War Crimes Is Nonnegotiable

A man looks at shards of glass on his apartment floor
February 21, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: New Light on Russia’s Rail Station Attack

Despite Denials, Research Confirms Russian Forces Had Weapons, Opportunity

Ukrainian authorities inspect the rocket motor and guidance section of a Tochka-U missile next to the main building of the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine on April 8, 2022. The phrase “Payback for the children” is painted in Russian on the missile. 
January 31, 2023 Report

Ukraine: Banned Landmines Harm Civilians

Ukraine Should Investigate Forces’ Apparent Use; Russian Use Continues

Remnants of KPFM-1S-SK cassettes manufactured in 1988 that Human Rights Watch researchers found in Izium
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

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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

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