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On November 7, Russian paratrooper Andrii Medvedev, 33, attended the hearing at the Irpinsky city court. He is standing trial for abusing civilians during the occupation of Irpin, a town 25 kilometres west of the capital, in March 2022. © Irina Domashchenko

Court Begins Examining Evidence in Case of Russian POW

Soldier accused of imprisoning and beating local Ukrainian men to obtain intelligence about the armed forces.

Residential buildings in a flooded area on June 8, 2023 in Kherson, Ukraine. Early Tuesday, the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power plant, which sits on the Dnipro river in the southern Kherson region, was destroyed, forcing downstream communities to evacuate due to the risk of flooding. © Alex Babenko/Getty Images

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A War Crime Against the Environment

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Wednesday, 31 Jul ‘24

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Ukrainian citizen Hryhoriy Drahunenko, 62, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for collaborating with Russian troops in finding, arresting and beating civilians during the occupation of Novokiivka, a village in the Mykolaiv region. © National Police of Ukraine

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Ukrainian National Sentenced for Collaboration

A pensioner helped the occupying forces identify Ukrainian men during the occupation of his village in the summer of 2022.

Crimea, an internationally recognised Ukrainian territory with special status, was annexed by the Russian Federation on March 18, 2014. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Russia guilty of systematic violations of human rights in Ukraine’s occupied Crimean peninsula. © Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images

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Landmark European Ruling Over Crimea Offers Fresh Hope

Decision by top European court provides basis for resolving hundreds of individual Ukrainian cases.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 23 Jul ‘24

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

Russian forces occupied the southern port city of Kherson in late February 2022 and set up torture chambers where civilians were interrogated, beaten and tortured. © Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office

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Russian Captain to be Tried for Kherson Torture

At least 68 victims are listed as having undergone cruel and abusive treatment while illegally detained.

Security Service of Ukraine served notice of suspicion to Russian propagandist Mardan who called for repressions against Ukrainians. © SSU

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Pursuing Russian Propagandists

Activist groups want arrest warrants issued for key figures inciting hatred against Ukrainians in the Russian media.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 16 Jul ‘24

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

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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. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

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Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

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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. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

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