Blogger who wrote of MH17 and Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine held prisoner in occupied Donetsk – Human Rights in Ukraine

Oleh Halaziuk’s imprisonment, and his writing in the face of real danger should be heeded by all those who assume that Ukrainians who remained in the Russian-controlled ’Donbas republics’ did so out of pro-Russian sentiments, or similar.

Kilde: Blogger who wrote of MH17 and Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine held prisoner in occupied Donetsk – Human Rights in Ukraine

Critic of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine gets 3.5 year jail sentence – Human Rights in Ukraine

A court in Moscow has sentenced 37-year-old Denis Bakholdin to three and a half years’ imprisonment for allegedly belonging to the legal Ukrainian organization Right Sector while in Ukraine.  The prosecution had claimed that Bakholdin had gone to Ukraine to take part in the war in Donbas “to harm the interests of the Russian Federation”.

Kilde: Critic of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine gets 3.5 year jail sentence – Human Rights in Ukraine

Donetsk Pastor speaks out about Ukrainian Donbas’ struggle against Russian aggression – Human Rights in Ukraine

Sergey Kosyak, Ukrainian pastor, volunteer and one of the coordinators of the Donetsk Prayer Marathon decided to publish an important book chronicling resistance to Russia’s aggression.

Kilde: Donetsk Pastor speaks out about Ukrainian Donbas’ struggle against Russian aggression – Human Rights in Ukraine

Russian Ombudsperson claims “public demand” for law jailing for ‘disrespect of authorities’ on Internet – Human Rights in Ukraine

At least one of the recent legislative initiatives, which could jail for expressing ‘open disrespect of the authorities’ on the Internet, has received public approval from Putin and been described as in response to ‘public demand’ by Russia’s Human Rights Ombudsperson

Kilde: Russian Ombudsperson claims “public demand” for law jailing for ‘disrespect of authorities’ on Internet – Human Rights in Ukraine