Between Ceasefire and War

In November and December, human rights activists from Memorial led a joint monitoring mission to the self proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk (DNR) and Luhansk (LNR) to assess the living conditions for people caught in the crossfire. While the Minsk...

Monitoring visits to Slavyansk in July/October 2014

This report was written by a joint group of Ukrainian and Russian NGOs and deals with the consequences for civilians living in Slovyansk (Donetsk province) during intense fightings for the city. Download the russian PDF here: ОТЧЕТ о мониторинговых визитах...

Summary Killings by both sides

In this report, Amnesty International investigates summary killings by both separatist militia units, as well as ukrainian military forces. The victims are civilians who were often detained without charges. Information about these kind of murders committed by insurgent units was...

Abuses and war crimes by the Aidar Volunteer Battalion

The pro-Kiev “Aidar” Battalion is accused of severe war crimes and other crimes committed in the north of Luhansk region. Amnesty International did an investigation about cases of abduction, ill-treatment of prisoners, torture, abuse, unlawful detentions and even murder in...