Since 2022, we have interviewed 402 witnesses of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and crimes against civilians, including shelling of civilian infrastructure, appropriation of private property by the occupiers, and illegal deprivation of liberty. As of the end of November 2024, information on 254 civilians who were arbitrarily detained by representatives of the Russian Federation or groups controlled by the aggressor country was found, of which 16 were identified during the processing of testimonies in November 2024.

We have published an analytical digest for August 2025. During the month, we documented 18 new cases of unlawful deprivation of liberty of civilians; a total of 408 people in the database. Testimony confirms systemic torture and inhumane treatment by the Russian occupation forces. Read the key findings and support the team's work. What's inside: geography of cases (Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk regions, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, etc.), statuses of detainees, types of violations under the Rome Statute.