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Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 1 November ‘22

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk with exchanged prisoners.

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk with exchanged prisoners. © Irina Vereshchuk/Telegram

Ukrainian Female Prisoners Suffer Inhumane Conditions

Civilians and soldiers alike are denied medical care and subjected to arbitrary punishment by Russian forces and their proxies.

An elderly man walks by an apartment block that was destroyed by a Russian missile attack earlier in the month, on October 28, 2022 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

An elderly man walks by an apartment block that was destroyed by a Russian missile attack earlier in the month, on October 28, 2022 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Ukraine: The Decisive Battle for Kherson

As forces approach the regional centre, they describe growing evidence of Russian atrocities.

An apartment block lies in ruins after being destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian occupying forces, on October 24, 2022 in Izyum, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. Ukraine's intelligence chief has said that Russia is sending more troops into the city of Kherson and may be preparing to defend it against a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

An apartment block lies in ruins after being destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian occupying forces, on October 24, 2022 in Izyum, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. Ukraine's intelligence chief has said that Russia is sending more troops into the city of Kherson and may be preparing to defend it against a Ukrainian counteroffensive. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Ukraine: Investigating War Damages

As huge efforts to collect evidence continues, attention is turning to the targeting of civilian infrastructure.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 25 October ‘22

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

Russian soldiers imprisoned hundreds of civilians in this basement in Yagidne village in the Chernihiv region for weeks. The list of those who died or were killed was kept on the wall.

Russian soldiers imprisoned hundreds of civilians in this basement in Yagidne village in the Chernihiv region for weeks. The list of those who died or were killed was kept on the wall. © Iryna Venediktova, former Prosecutor General of Ukraine/Facebook

Three Russian Soldiers Charged with War Crimes

Trial proceedings to investigate how residents of village were brutalised and held as human shields.

Telegram app used on a smartphone.

Telegram app used on a smartphone. © Carl Court/Getty Images

How Azerbaijan’s Telegram Channels Fuel Intimidation

With little oversight, toxic disinformation and threats thrive on the encrypted platform.

The sign of Isfara, a town in northern Tajikistan, on the border with Kyrgyzstan. The town lies in the homonymous valley which is crossed by the Isfara river. Media reported that the clashes in September broke out along the frontier between Tajikistan's Sughd and Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken provinces because of a dispute over a reservoir and pump, claimed by both sides, on the Isfara river.

The sign of Isfara, a town in northern Tajikistan, on the border with Kyrgyzstan. The town lies in the homonymous valley which is crossed by the Isfara river. Media reported that the clashes in September broke out along the frontier between Tajikistan's Sughd and Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken provinces because of a dispute over a reservoir and pump, claimed by both sides, on the Isfara river. © IWPR

“We Don’t Want War,” Say Kyrgyz and Tajik Citizens

Over 100 people died in renewed violence along the border in September 2022 as long-standing issues remain unresolved.

On October 4, independent journalist and filmmaker Avazmad Ghurbatov, who works with the name of Abdullo Ghurbati, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on dubious charges of using violence, insulting police officers and having ties with the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT).

On October 4, independent journalist and filmmaker Avazmad Ghurbatov, who works with the name of Abdullo Ghurbati, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on dubious charges of using violence, insulting police officers and having ties with the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). © Ghurbati's Facebook profile

Tajikistan’s Freedom of Expression Shrinks

Journalists get lengthy sentences on charges that rights groups say are groundless.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles.

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An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

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