THE HUMAN FACE OF UNLAWFUL DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY Review of the Documentation of War Crimes of the Russian Federation against Civilians in 2025
This report examines the systematic unlawful deprivation of liberty of civilians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in 2025 and their subsequent transfer to the Russian Federation. Based on 219 interviews conducted by the Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin, the report documents patterns of arbitrary detention, incommunicado detention, torture, ill-treatment, forced transfers, and unfair trials.