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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
Prisoner Ihor Kiiashko is not provided with medical aid after having suffered severe cramps in the colony
About prisoners
May 17
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
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
The wife of political prisoner Volodymyr Yakymenko told about the oppression of her husband in the colony
About prisoners
May 11
Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko is subjected to psychological pressure in colony
About prisoners
May 9
“The release of my son now depends entirely on the Armed Forces of Ukraine” – Valentyn Vyhivskyi’s father
About prisoners
May 8
Released political prisoner Arsen Dzhepparov told the Association about his health condition and plans for the future
About prisoners
May 3
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
Andrii Zakhtei is waiting for a written confirmation from Latviia to return to Ukraine
About prisoners
Apr 5
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
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
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
Letters from prisoners of the Kremlin: Halyna Dovhopola, Volodymyr Dudka and Volodymyr Yakymenko
About prisoners
Mar 12
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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
“In times of war, the state must protect all civilians held in Russian captivity, rather than demand impossible proof from them.” – Ihor Kotelianets, at the conference “The Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Struggle for One’s Rights”
Events
Dec 11
Working discussion at the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights on the shortcomings of Law No. 2010-Х
Events
Dec 4
Three Years of the "Tribunal for Putin" (T4P)
Events
Mar 21
Kateryna Levchenko: "Ex-prisoners must be protected in relations with the state by a clear procedure"
Events
Nov 18
The team of our NGO took part in a 3-day training about reparations and the register of damages, from the International Organization for Migration
Events
Nov 15
Took part in the meeting of the Expert Council at the Representative of the Commissioner for the Rights of Residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Events
Nov 14
Our NGO signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Molochansk City Council of Zaporizhzhia region
Events
Oct 21
The head of NGO Igor Kotelianets held meetings with the OSCE and UN Missions
Events
Oct 17
Movie screening of the documentary "Real" by Oleg Sentsov, an ex-Kremlin conscript, film director and soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Events
Oct 15
We participated in NGO Leadership Workshop 2024!
Events
Oct 14
Speech of the head of the Association before the members of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Events
Sep 30
The Fourth Crimea Platform Summit: Mejlis demands the release of all Ukrainian military and civilian prisoners from Russian prisons
Events
Sep 11
The Fourth Crimea Platform Summit: Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, calls for realese of all Crimean political prisoners
Events
Sep 11
Installation dedicated to Ukrainian civilian prisoners has opened on Khreshchatyk
Events
May 2
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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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