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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.
“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
"Taken on the street – and never returned.” The story of Yehor Zhyrovkin, who disappeared during the occupation of the Kharkiv region
Documenting
Dec 23
Association is joining the creation of the “Archive of Ukraine’s War of Independence”
News
Dec 19
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
Association is joining the creation of the “Archive of Ukraine’s War of Independence”
News
Dec 19
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
The Public Expert Review has been Submitted to the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
News
Dec 11
"They survived torture in captivity, yet once free they are forced to continue fighting for their rights" - interview with Daniil Bulgakov
News
Dec 6
The release of civilian residents of Enerhodar and Zaporizhzhia NPP employees: human rights advocacy at the international level
News
Nov 26
“What Was the Purpose of Your Trip to Crimea?” The Prison Story of Donetsk Appraiser Kostiantyn Davydenko
News
Nov 24
"Without a Roof Over Your Head: Why the Right to Housing for Released Civilians Remains on Paper"
News
Oct 30
The Law on Social Protection of Ukrainians in Russian Captivity Requires Immediate Changes: 35 Organizations Formulated Proposals
News
Oct 21
The public must be represented in the Commission: we have proposed a new selection procedure
News
Oct 8
From the torture chamber to the dormitory. Civilian prisoners face new challenges after their release
News
Oct 7
August 2025 Analytics: New Evidence of Illegal Detention of Civilians
News
Sep 30
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
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
Today is Iryna Levchenko's birthday.
News
Sep 16
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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March 2022 — the beginning of the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia village of Novozlatopil in the memories of a witness
Documenting
Mar 21
Russian Armed Forces attack on a family from Novozlatopil village, Zaporizhzhia region
Documenting
Mar 20
Documenters of the Association met with Mykhailo Volkov, Representative of the Ombudsman in Zaporizhzhia region
Documenting
Mar 20
How a bad day on duty for a Russian soldier becomes an excuse to kill a civilian
Documenting
Mar 19
They believe that the more people are held in custody, the more effectively the "Russian world" works - a detained civilian
Documenting
Mar 19
The story of 22 days of captivity and release of Liudmyla Nykytenko
Documenting
Mar 14
Oleksandr Panchenko, a pro-Ukrainian activist, told the documenters of the Association about 16 days of captivity
Documenting
Feb 23
The story of the abduction of Yevhen Pryshliak from Nova Kakhovka
Documenting
Feb 13
The Association recorded the activities of more than 1 100 collaborators in the occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia region
Documenting
Jul 3
Alina Rodina, a documenter of the Association, gave an interview to Zaporizhzhia radio “Na Dotyk”
Documenting
May 4
Illegal detention, torture and disappearances: we have published a new analytical review for June 2025
Documenting
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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
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
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
How can people deprived of their personal liberty get professional legal assistance?
Legal support
May 1
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
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
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
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
Mother of the political prisoner Sinchenko: there was a trial, Grigorii is planned to be kept for a long time in one of the most brutal pre-trial detention centers of the Russian Federation - No. 2 in Taganrog
About prisoners
Oct 21
The daughter of Kremlin prisoner Viktor Shur: a new letter with pictures had arrived from her father
About prisoners
Oct 18
10 years in Russian captivity!
About prisoners
Sep 18
After a second appeal, the Interdepartmental Commission recognized Andrii Zakhtei as a political prisoner
About prisoners
Jun 11
“Even an unfastened button can be a reason for SHIZO,” – the wife of political prisoner Emir-Usein Kuku
About prisoners
May 31
Prisoner Viktor Shur has lost all his belongings in the colony due to a flood
About prisoners
May 26
“The colony wardens say that no one needs him in the Motherland, that Ukraine has abandoned him,” the wife of political prisoner Hennadii Lymeshko
About prisoners
May 25
Political prisoner Kostiantyn Davydenko was sentenced to a month in SHIZO for his pro-Ukrainian views, but other prisoners managed to get him released earlier
About prisoners
May 25
Mykola Shyptur returned to Ukraine on May 24!
About prisoners
May 25
“My father is deprived of all contacts and kept in a complete information vacuum”, - the daughter of political prisoner Dmytro Shtyblikov
About prisoners
May 22
Political prisoner Server Mustafaiev cannot pass the first session at the university – they do not allow to use a laptop and surf the Internet in the colony
About prisoners
May 20
Teimur Abdullaiev has been in a punishment cell for more than 750 days
About prisoners
May 19
Convicted in the “case of Crimean Muslims” Uzeir Abdullayev was taken out from SHIZO on the recommendation of a doctor
About prisoners
May 19
“I recently have sent a parcel to the colony which contained mainly medicines. My father’s health is not improving,” — the son of political prisoner Volodymyr Dudka
About prisoners
May 19
“Oleksii maintains his consistent position and is very worried about us. Sometimes it seems that he worries about Ukraine more than Ukraine worries about him,” a friend of political prisoner Oleksii Bessarabov
About prisoners
May 17
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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
Our documentarian took part in the training "Ethical interviewing of children during the war"
Events
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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
Statement on the persecution of Crimean lawyers and illegal searches of their offices
Statements
Dec 12
There will be no peace without justice: statement of Ukrainian civil society on the US-Russia negotiations
Statements
Feb 20
Statement of human rights organisations on another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars
Statements
Feb 7
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
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
Open letter on the occasion of the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of Ukraine’s 10-Point Peace Formula
Statements
Oct 15
Statement of human rights organizations regarding the illegal imprisonment of the blind Oleksandr Sizikov in the occupied Crimea
Statements
Sep 19
Statement of human rights organisations on the inhumane conditions of detention of citizen journalist Remzi Bekirov in a Russian colony
Statements
Sep 10
Rustem Osmanov: Unlawful Incarceration and Barbarous Detention Conditions Statement of Human Rights Organizations
Statements
Sep 3
Human rights defenders call for the release of seriously ill political prisoner Tofik Abdulhaziiev
Statements
Jul 23
Detention of Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a Crimean Tatar Human Rights Defender and Journalist Statement of Human Rights Organizations
Statements
Mar 27
Appeal of the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition regarding the mass shelling of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure on March 22, 2024
Statements
Mar 22
Appeal of civil society organizations to the United Nations Global Compact
Statements
Mar 22
Statement by human rights organizations regarding another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars
Statements
Mar 6
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