IGOR KOLIKHAYEV

Ihor Kolikhayev is the mayor of Kherson. In spite of the full-scale invasion and occupation of the city, he did not leave his post. Kolikhayev said: “I have to keep the team together, if I leave then tomorrow everyone will scatter and the city will fall into decay. We will stick together, waiting until Kherson […]

IRYNA HOROBTSOVA

Iryna Horobtsova is a volunteer and IT specialist from Kherson. Ever since the city was first occupied, she actively helped the residents: she would buy food and medicine and deliver them to hospitals. Iryna has always been steadfast in her pro-Ukrainian position: she believed that the Ukrainian army would liberate Kherson and advocated this belief […]

ANDRII GOLUBEV

Russian occupiers kidnapped, then arrested and took to Moscow a 44- year-old athlete from Melitopol, Andrii Golubev, a former border guard, kung fu coach. He is accused of participating in terrorism; the Russians held a court hearing in his case without notifying the interested parties and ignored his appeal. On May 18, the Supreme Court […]

Statement of Human Rights Organizations Regarding Detention of Vladyslav Yesypenko in Crimea

On March 10, 2021 the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (the FSB) detained Mr. Vladyslav Yesypenko, a Ukrainian national, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. According to preliminary information, Mr.Yesypenko was detained due to his political views after attending a rally on the occasion of Taras Shevchenko’s birthday, held in Simferopol on March […]

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