News and analysis about human rights and war crimes, interviews, legal explanations — on the website of one of the oldest human rights organizations in Ukraine.

Nov 10, 1992 · The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) is one of the oldest Ukrainian human rights organizations; it traces its origins back to the Soviet-era dissident movement of the 1970s-1980s.

Jun 11, 2024 · For several months, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group has been searching for prisoners of war and missing persons and providing assistance to their families. We publish the findings and results of this meticulous work.

4 days ago · With President Donald Trump set to initiate some form of peace negotiations on Ukraine this year, the coalition of human rights organisations, led by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Centre For Civil Liberties (Ukraine) and Memorial (Russia) are launching the PEOPLE FIRST! campaign.

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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine changed our work dramatically, becoming the number one reason for the suffering of Ukrainians. Our mission is to document as many facts as possible for future trials of war criminals and to help those suffering from the storm of war each day whose stories we publish regularly.

6 days ago · Russia has long used dangerously broad legislation against so-called ‘extremism’ as a weapon of political and religious persecution in occupied Crimea. Its latest version of a ‘strategy on countering extremism in 2025’ is, the Crimean Human Rights Group warns, a …

2 days ago · Scroll to the end for updated information about the torture that Ivan Zabavsky was subjected to, as well as other forms of lawless and brutal treatment A court in St. Petersburg has sentenced Ivan Zabavsky to 11 years on mystery ‘spying’ charges, laid long after the 29-year-old Ukrainian was ...

Dec 22, 2024 · Ukraine’s prosecutor has initiated a new probe over the apparent killing in cold blood of four Ukrainian prisoners of war. Since the four Ukrainian defenders had surrendered, and therefore had protected status under international law, the criminal investigation, under the procedural control of the Donetsk regional prosecutor, is under Article 438 § 2 (a war crime involving homicide).

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