#Ukrainian prisoners of war
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![Russian Courts Prosecute Journalists as Terrorists to Bar Them From Prisoner Swaps]( "Russian Courts Prosecute Journalists as Terrorists to Bar Them From Prisoner Swaps")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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- War in Ukraine
“The cell is cold, rats run around, the light is on constantly.” This is how a civilian journalist abducted in Russian-occupied Melitopol describes her detention. Like many other Ukrainian media workers, Yana has been reclassified by Russia as a “terrorist” and sentenced in a closed, staged trial, effectively erased from public view and from prisoner-exchange talks.![“The Beginning of a New Life”: Two North Korean POWs Captured in Ukraine Seek Defection to South Korea]( "“The Beginning of a New Life”: Two North Korean POWs Captured in Ukraine Seek Defection to South Korea")
![Ukraine Condemns Russia’s Kidnapping of Civilians as Deliberate Provocation, Demands Their Return]( "Ukraine Condemns Russia’s Kidnapping of Civilians as Deliberate Provocation, Demands Their Return")
![114 Civilians Freed From Belarusian Prisons After Successful Talks, Including Five Ukrainians]( "114 Civilians Freed From Belarusian Prisons After Successful Talks, Including Five Ukrainians")
![The “Gentleman’s Kit” of Torture: Firsthand Accounts Reveal Russia’s Brutal POW Abuse System]( "The “Gentleman’s Kit” of Torture: Firsthand Accounts Reveal Russia’s Brutal POW Abuse System")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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- War in Ukraine
Suffocation with plastic bags, breaking fingers, electric shocks to the genitals, and forced self-mutilations of pro-Ukrainian tattoos are only a small part of what Russia imposes on Ukrainian POWs and captured civilians. The Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre released a report uncovering these systematic atrocities.![Lenora Dyulber’s Arrest Marks a Dark Chapter in Russia’s Persecution of Crimean Tatars]( "Lenora Dyulber’s Arrest Marks a Dark Chapter in Russia’s Persecution of Crimean Tatars")
