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Here you can find the most important information
about the projects and activities of the Association,
as well as the latest news about the prisoners of the Kremlin.

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“He went to get food for his family and was abducted by Russian soldiers” – The story of Ihor Mykhalchuk, who went missing during the occupation of Chernihiv region

Documenting
Dec 26
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"Taken on the street – and never returned.” The story of Yehor Zhyrovkin, who disappeared during the occupation of the Kharkiv region

Documenting
Dec 23
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Association is joining the creation of the “Archive of Ukraine’s War of Independence”

News
Dec 19
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Universal jurisdiction is a path to justice and the preservation of memory of the crimes of Russian aggression – Ihor Kotelianets

Events
Dec 18
News
Documenting
Legal support
Financial assistance
About prisoners
Events
Statements
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Association is joining the creation of the “Archive of Ukraine’s War of Independence”

News
Dec 19
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Human Rights Defenders Identify Systemic Problems in the Work of the Interagency Commission under the Ministry for Development: Results of a Public Monitoring Review

News
Dec 18
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The Public Expert Review has been Submitted to the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine

News
Dec 11
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"They survived torture in captivity, yet once free they are forced to continue fighting for their rights" - interview with Daniil Bulgakov

News
Dec 6
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The release of civilian residents of Enerhodar and Zaporizhzhia NPP employees: human rights advocacy at the international level

News
Nov 26
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“What Was the Purpose of Your Trip to Crimea?” The Prison Story of Donetsk Appraiser Kostiantyn Davydenko

News
Nov 24
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"Without a Roof Over Your Head: Why the Right to Housing for Released Civilians Remains on Paper"

News
Oct 30
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The Law on Social Protection of Ukrainians in Russian Captivity Requires Immediate Changes: 35 Organizations Formulated Proposals

News
Oct 21
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The public must be represented in the Commission: we have proposed a new selection procedure

News
Oct 8
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From the torture chamber to the dormitory. Civilian prisoners face new challenges after their release

News
Oct 7
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August 2025 Analytics: New Evidence of Illegal Detention of Civilians

News
Sep 30
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The Association of Relatives of Kremlin Political Prisoners participated in the roundtable "Do No Harm: Ethical Coverage of Releases from Russian Captivity"

News
Sep 28
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The Association of Relatives of Kremlin Political Prisoners participated in the presentation of the Truth Hounds report on crimes at the Zaporizhzhia NPP

News
Sep 26
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Today is Iryna Levchenko's birthday.

News
Sep 16
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A round table discussion was held on ‘Systemic support for civilians after their return from Russian captivity: problems and solutions.’

News
Sep 16
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“He went to get food for his family and was abducted by Russian soldiers” – The story of Ihor Mykhalchuk, who went missing during the occupation of Chernihiv region

Documenting
Dec 26
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"Taken on the street – and never returned.” The story of Yehor Zhyrovkin, who disappeared during the occupation of the Kharkiv region

Documenting
Dec 23
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Vasyl Safronov is being held in the Mariupol pre-trial detention center: the farmer from Zaporizhia region is being wrongly accused of "possession of weapons"

Documenting
Sep 29
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Kidnapped DTEK ZaTES employee Yevgeny Kolyada has been in Russian captivity for three years

Documenting
Sep 28
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Occupation of Kherson: persecution, arson, and deportation of children

Documenting
Sep 25
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A young man from Zaporizhzhia region has been held in colonies by the occupiers for over two years

Documenting
Sep 24
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Abduction, torture and deportation: the story of a woman from Melitopol

Documenting
Sep 23
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"We were beaten every day, tortured with electric shocks": testimony of a civilian about detention in the Simferopol pre-trial detention center

Documenting
Sep 22
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Another case of persecution of civilians in Crimea: woman accused of "high treason"

Documenting
Sep 20
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Kindergarten worker forcibly detained and held in occupation

Documenting
Sep 19
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‘They kidnapped him in broad daylight and took him away with other prisoners.’

Documenting
Aug 25
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‘They hit me on the head and forced me to sign papers.’

Documenting
Aug 21
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«Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin» joined the T4P initiative - Tribunal for Putin

Documenting
Nov 9
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A fictional terrorist. The story of the civilian pilot Oleksandr Morozov

Documenting
Mar 29
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Employee of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant about the occupation of the power plant by the Russian army

Documenting
Mar 26
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Legal analysis: what our NGO has suggested in our analitics report matches with the first Ombudsman's Concept in 10 years on compensation for damages to victims of Russian aggression

Legal support
Oct 22
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Our NGO is creating an algorithm for quick obtaining the status of illegally imprisoned for Ukrainian civilians who were imprisoned by the occupiers

Legal support
Sep 29
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Labor rights of civilians who have been found deprived of their personal liberty as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine

Legal support
May 10
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How can people deprived of their personal liberty get professional legal assistance?

Legal support
May 1
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Our recommendations on the implementation of legislation on support of political prisoners and their families became part of the special report of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

Legal support
Mar 6
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With the legal support of the Association, the court finally satisfied the demands of ex-con Oleksandr Shumkov: the appeal of the Ministry of Reintegration did not receive a positive decision.

Legal support
Feb 21
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Relatives of people deprived of personal freedom in connection with public, political or professional activities have the right to submit electronic applications for assistance from the Ministry of Reintegration

Legal support
Feb 21
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In the first half of 2023, the Association provided financial assistance to 33 families of political prisoners and civilian hostages of the Russian Federation

Financial assistance
Jul 12
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Prisoner Ihor Kiiashko is not provided with medical aid after having suffered severe cramps in the colony

About prisoners
May 17
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The administration of IK No. 2 in Ulan-Ude is looking for an occasion to charge political prisoner Oleksandr Marchenko with discrediting the Russian Federation armed forces again

About prisoners
May 15
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Due to his refusal to work for the Russian Federation, Volodymyr Yakymenko was placed in SHIZO for a long time, probably with further transfer to SCD (strict conditions of detention)

About prisoners
May 15
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The wife of political prisoner Volodymyr Yakymenko told about the oppression of her husband in the colony

About prisoners
May 11
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Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko is subjected to psychological pressure in colony

About prisoners
May 9
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“The release of my son now depends entirely on the Armed Forces of Ukraine” – Valentyn Vyhivskyi’s father

About prisoners
May 8
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Released political prisoner Arsen Dzhepparov told the Association about his health condition and plans for the future

About prisoners
May 3
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On April 18, Crimean Tatar Murat Mustafaiev was sentenced to 4 years in prison on charges of participation in “Hizb ut-Tahrir”

About prisoners
Apr 25
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Andrii Zakhtei is waiting for a written confirmation from Latviia to return to Ukraine

About prisoners
Apr 5
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Political prisoner Mykola Shyptur will be held in the Center for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens in Rostov Region until June 6 by court order

About prisoners
Mar 21
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The Migration service refused former political prisoner Andrii Zakhtei in a temporary document to return from Russia to Ukrainian territory after release from a colony

About prisoners
Mar 20
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After his release, former political prisoner Mykola Shyptur is being held in the Center for the Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens in Rostov region, and he is being held in SHIZO

About prisoners
Mar 19
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Letters from prisoners of the Kremlin: Halyna Dovhopola, Volodymyr Dudka and Volodymyr Yakymenko

About prisoners
Mar 12
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Members of the Association visited the opening of photo exhibition “Stories from the Occupied Crimea” in Dnipro and Lutsk

Events
Mar 29
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Our documentarian took part in the training "Ethical interviewing of children during the war"

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Statement by Ukrainian Survivor Groups Regarding the International Compensation Mechanism for Victims of Russian Aggression and Its Temporal Scope

Statements
Dec 16
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Statement on the persecution of Crimean lawyers and illegal searches of their offices

Statements
Dec 12
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There will be no peace without justice: statement of Ukrainian civil society on the US-Russia negotiations

Statements
Feb 20
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Statement of human rights organisations on another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars

Statements
Feb 7
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Joint statement of Ukrainian NGOs on the meeting of UN Secretary-General António Guterres with Vladimir Putin. Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court

Statements
Oct 24
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STATEMENT regarding the probable torture, inhumane treatment, forced displacement, violation of the right to medical assistance and the right to a fair trial of political prisoner Hryhorii Sinchenko in a Russian pre-trial detention center

Statements
Oct 17
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Open letter on the occasion of the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of Ukraine’s 10-Point Peace Formula

Statements
Oct 15
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Statement of human rights organizations regarding the illegal imprisonment of the blind Oleksandr Sizikov in the occupied Crimea

Statements
Sep 19
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Statement of human rights organisations on the inhumane conditions of detention of citizen journalist Remzi Bekirov in a Russian colony

Statements
Sep 10
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Rustem Osmanov: Unlawful Incarceration and Barbarous Detention Conditions Statement of Human Rights Organizations

Statements
Sep 3
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Human rights defenders call for the release of seriously ill political prisoner Tofik Abdulhaziiev

Statements
Jul 23
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Detention of Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a Crimean Tatar Human Rights Defender and Journalist Statement of Human Rights Organizations

Statements
Mar 27
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Appeal of the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition regarding the mass shelling of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure on March 22, 2024

Statements
Mar 22
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Appeal of civil society organizations to the United Nations Global Compact

Statements
Mar 22
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Statement by human rights organizations regarding another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars

Statements
Mar 6
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We fight for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin and provide support to their families. We document war crimes and crimes against humanity in the temporarily occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia region.

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