Extrajudicial killing

A 21-year-old Russian POW has been sentenced to life in prison for the October 2024 murder of civilians in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region. © Office of the Prosecutor General, Ukraine

Russian POW Sentenced to Life for Executing Civilians

Rifleman was captured hours after he carried out the killings in a village in the Kharkhiv region.

18 Aug 25

Viktoriia Roshchyna, the Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity last year, has been buried in Kyiv. © V. Roshchyna/Facebook

Ukraine: Laying Viktoria to Rest

Family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to uncompromising reporter killed in Russian detention.

15 Aug 25

People hold photos, lay flowers and light candles during a vigil outside the Fox News and NBC News headquarters in Washington, D.C., August 11, 2025, honouring journalists killed in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues. © Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Dying for the Truth

Despite overwhelming international condemnation, Israel continues to try to maintain an information vacuum in Gaza.

12 Aug 25

Vakulenko was murdered during the occupation of Izium in 2022 after being abducted from his home by Russian soldiers. © Maria Lysytska-Beskorska/Creative Commons

Hearing Over Murder of Famed Children’s Author Adjourned

The body was found in a mass grave in Izium; forensic examination confirmed he had been shot.

25 Feb 25

President Samia Suluhu Hassan, elected in March 2021 had promised to usher in an era of increased political openness. However the kidnappings and disappearances continued to plague the system. © Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Tanzania: Action Urged Against Political Kidnapping

Critics warn that state agencies seem incapable of addressing incidents effectively.

22 Jan 25

Ukrainian soldiers, prisoners-of-war are lined up before being forced by pro-Russian rebels to search through the wreckage of the destroyed Donetsk airport for weaponry and dead bodies on February 26, 2015 in Donetsk, Ukraine. © Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Ukraine: Justice for POWs

As evidence grows of the cruel treatment and extrajudicial execution of Ukrainian captives, legal and human rights bodies are building strategies for prosecution.

4 Oct 22

Rescue workers and forensic police exhume bodies from unidentified makeshift graves at the Pishanske cemetery on September 21, 2022 in Izium, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Investigating Izyum’s Mass Graves

Large teams of forensic experts work together with law enforcement officers and criminologists to collect evidence for future trials.

27 Sep 22

War torn buildings blight the skyline in Borodianka Ukraine. The towns around the capital were heavily damaged following weeks of brutal war as Russia made its failed bid to take Kyiv. © Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Can Ukrainians Sue Russia for War Damages?

Legislative solutions sought to help lift long-standing obstacles to pursuing the Russian government in national courts.

27 Sep 22

Officials excavate bodies from unidentified makeshift graves in Izyum, Ukraine.

Izyum, a City Destroyed

“I don't have any emotions right now. All my tears have been cried.”

27 Sep 22

Officials carry bodies from unidentified makeshift graves at the Pishanske cemetery on September 19, 2022 in Izyum, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein /Getty Images

Izyum Residents Describe Mass Graves and Torture

Nearly six months of Russian occupation have left behind a terrible legacy.

20 Sep 22

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Extrajudicial killing

Russian POW Sentenced to Life for Executing Civilians

Ukraine: Laying Viktoria to Rest

Dying for the Truth

Hearing Over Murder of Famed Children’s Author Adjourned

Tanzania: Action Urged Against Political Kidnapping

Ukraine: Justice for POWs

Investigating Izyum’s Mass Graves

Can Ukrainians Sue Russia for War Damages?

Izyum, a City Destroyed

Izyum Residents Describe Mass Graves and Torture

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