Tag: torture

UN Report Details Atrocities In Ukraine While Fighting Escalates

July 14, 2016

Ukraine reports 72 attacks, with both military and civilian casualties.

Ukraine Live Day 424: Ukrainian Military Reports 15 Attacks Yesterday Evening

April 17, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 411: 3 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed, 2 Wounded By Shelling

April 4, 2015

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Russia This Week: Zhirinovsky Threatens to ‘Wipe Out’ Poland, Baltics (4-10 August)

August 10, 2014

Updated Daily. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev sprang two restrictive Internet decrees on providers and users this week, one requiring presentation of domestic passports to use public Internet cafes or wi-fi, and the other mandating operators of social media to collect more user data and make it available to Russian intelligence agencies. Mysteriously, a group calling […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 70: Fresh Sanctions Ahead As Situation Grows More Chaotic

April 28, 2014

While the US President, Barack Obama, is due to announce a new range of sanctions against Russia later today, the situation in Ukraine is rapidly getting worse. Russian-backed fighters still hold seven OSCE monitors and three SBU officers hostage, in addition to others including the Ukrainian journalist Irma Krat. Furthermore, the violence has spread further […]

Torture by Filth: Prison Reforms Which Never Took Place

October 8, 2013

Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has gone on hunger strike to protest the conditions that she and other Russian prisoners face. While her lawyer has highlighted the fact that Nadya is being unfairly targeted because she is challenging the system, it is also evident that she has a larger profile, and so a louder voice, […]