We urge #Azerbaijan authorities to immediately and unconditionally release #humanrights defender Anar Mammadli (head of SMDT).

Full statement ➡️ bit.ly/3xYOhvv

Diplomats in Vienna joined the initiative #LettersToFreeCrimea and wrote words of support to political prisoners.
We are grateful to the Latvian Permanent Mission 🇱🇻 for organising this event and standing with Ukraine 🇺🇦!

Instruction on writing letters: zmina.ua/wp-content/upl…

ZMINA's Tetiana Zhukova is in #Prague 🇨🇿 with support of NESEHNUTÍ. She meets with Czech journalists, candidates for the European Parliament & government.
Yesterday, she met with Zelení who showed solidarity with civilian detainees from #Crimea & other occupied territories of 🇺🇦.

📣 Ukraine must ratify the #RomeStatute NOW – JOIN THE STATEMENT

There are no real obstacles, yet each day of stalling takes victims even further away from justice.

👉Read and join the statement by Ukraine 5AM Coalition: rights-justice-peace.in.ua/en/urgent-call…

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#Ukraine : It is now 2 years since Iryna Danilovytch, a🇺🇦freelance journalist, was kidnapped by the🇷🇺occupying forces in Crimea. She has been held in🇷🇺jails ever since & her health continues to deteriorate. RSF calls on #Russia to release her immediately. rsf.org/en/russian-pri…

Read what our partners from the Network of #HumanRightsHouses say about the connection between #mentalhealth and #humanrights and its critical role in the resilience of civil society.

🔗bit.ly/4df4Rr1

Norway MFA European Commission

We welcome the report of the OSCE #MoscowMechanism experts!
📢'The practice of arbitrary deprivation of liberty has occurred on a massive scale and has revealed signs of a systematic, consistent, deliberate pattern of conduct targeting specifically Ukrainian civilians.'

In February, we organised a panel on Crimea de-occupation amid #CafeKyiv conference by Adenauer-Stiftung, with Alina Frolova #AlenaLunova from ZMINA. Human Rights Centre, Emine Ziyatdinova. For this panel, Marxist 'Junge Welt' media called me 'a lobbyist of Ukrainian fascism'.
youtu.be/YGh3aF-8oj8

We invite you to write a letter to Ukrainian prisoners of the Kremlin within the campiagn 'Letters to Free Crimea'!

📍 Ukrainian voices RC (Rue de la Loi, 89, Brussels)
🗓️ 25/04 at 17:30

Support those who sacrificed their freedom for the sake of our liberty and independence 🇺🇦

#Ukraine : a 🇷🇺 strike destroyed the #Kharkiv TV tower this afternoon, temporarily suspending TV broadcasts in the city & region. RSF denounces this attack on a civilian infrastructure that constitutes a war crime. rsf.org/en/war-ukraine…

Crimean political prisoner Refat Alimov was released after serving illegal imprisonment.
He was arrested on April 18, 2016, after a search of his house in the village of Krasnokamianka, temporarily occupied #Crimea .
He was imprisoned for 8 years under trumped-up changes.

#Ukraine : 2nd fine in less than a month imposed on independent journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva by 🇷🇺 occupying justice system in #Crimea , this time for her former publications on Crimean Tatar trials. This judicial harassment must stop! rsf.org/en/ten-years-r…

Re-education under the guise of recovery: how Belarus helps Russia to steal Ukrainian children from the occupied territories

❗️Read more about the traces of deportation of Ukrainian children to Belarus and genocidal policy of erasing their identity: zmina.info/en/articles-en…

📢Victims of Enforced Disappearances: how 🇷🇺 captures 🇺🇦 civilians and violates international law

Side event to be held during PACE session on 18/04.
It is organized by 🇺🇦 delegation. ZMINA's Yelyzaveta Sokurenko will join the discussion.

More: zmina.ua/en/event-en/si…

Co-chairs of Peace Formula Working Group 4 on the Return of Deported Persons met with over 30 members and tabled the Terms of Reference and Concept Note. We also discussed challenges of returning civilian detainees with ZMINA. Human Rights Centre and Media Initiative for Human Rights Media Initiative for Human Rights