Rights prize goes to Oleg Sentsov, a Russian prisoner, in a rebuke to Putin The European Parliament on Thursday awarded a prestigious human rights prize to a Ukrainian prisoner serving a 20-year term in a penal colony in Siberia, drawing renewed attention to political detainees in the far-flung prison system once known as the gulag. 123 0 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia
Prisoners exchange in Ukraine: Key Issues The official stance of the Russian Federation and its secret services has been voiced by “Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)” spokesperson Darya Morozova: the RF has no intent to fulfill any agreements on the exchange. 37 882 11 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia
Yevhen Panov’s disappearance: what should be learnt from the story of the man who had been forcibly taken to Russian-occupied Crimea and blamed of ‘terrorism’? UN Commissioners, human rights activists, everyone who fantasizes on SBU tortures – why are you not yet in Crimea, striving to help Yevhen Panov? He has no legal assistance, and his rights are being violated! 95 321 1 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Putin's provocation in Crimea
Ukraine's New Hope Nadia Sacvhenko could just turn out to be Ukraine's Vaclav Havel; or its Lech Walesa; or its Nelson Mandela. 198 0 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia