News and analysis about human rights and war crimes, interviews, legal explanations — on the website of one of the oldest human rights organizations in Ukraine.

Nov 10, 1992 · The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) is one of the oldest Ukrainian human rights organizations; it traces its origins back to the Soviet-era dissident movement of the 1970s-1980s.

3 days ago · Russia has long used dangerously broad legislation against so-called ‘extremism’ as a weapon of political and religious persecution in occupied Crimea. Its latest version of a ‘strategy on countering extremism in 2025’ is, the Crimean Human Rights Group warns, a …

2 days ago · Such a repeat abduction seems likely given that the Russian FSB did precisely that in the case of Stanislav Boranov, Volodymyr Cherkas and Oleksandr Tytarenko. Although it is now clear that the men, and a fourth person who was probably killed while being taken prisoner, were seized in the same ‘case’, their families went through hell for over two years having no idea what had happened.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine changed our work dramatically, becoming the number one reason for the suffering of Ukrainians. Our mission is to document as many facts as possible for future trials of war criminals and to help those suffering from the storm of war each day whose stories we publish regularly.

Jun 11, 2024 · For several months, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group has been searching for prisoners of war and missing persons and providing assistance to their families. We publish the findings and results of this meticulous work.

Dec 22, 2024 · Ukraine’s prosecutor has initiated a new probe over the apparent killing in cold blood of four Ukrainian prisoners of war. Since the four Ukrainian defenders had surrendered, and therefore had protected status under international law, the criminal investigation, under the procedural control of the Donetsk regional prosecutor, is under Article 438 § 2 (a war crime involving homicide).

Severe deprivation of liberty in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine during the Russian occupation. On March 2, 2022, ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan announced the opening of an investigation into the Situation in Ukraine from November 21, 2013, onwards, thereby encompassing within its scope any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide within the meaning of the ...

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