Russia must be held to account for violence against women in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova addressed the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and the expert committee, initiated by the OSCE-states in complying with the Moscow Mechanism, requesting to register the war crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine. “Sexual violence in armed conflict is qualified as a war…

Patriarch Kirill should be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Happy Easter Kirill

Human Rights Without Frontiers, a Brussels-based NGO, has appealed to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A. A. Khan QC, to hold personally accountable and prosecute Vladimir Mikhaïlovitch Goundiaïev, known as Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, for inspiring, inciting, justifying, aiding and abetting war crimes (Art. 8 of the Rome Statute) and crimes…

Russia Kidnaps Ukrainian Children

Russia KIdnaps Children

According to Ukrainian Government data, as of 19th of March 367 Ukrainian children were injured and 205 fell victim to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As this aggression goes on, Russia keeps violating the fundamental rights of children to life and security. By shelling and bombing civilian infrastructure, Russians kill parents and kidnap children on…

Russian Claims That Bucha Evidence Was Staged Proven False by International Media

The Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed that all photographs and video materials published by the authorities in Kyiv, giving evidence of the atrocities committed by the Russian forces in the town of Bucha, are false and a “provocation” on the part of Ukraine. In the statement, Russian military officials cynically noted that in the…

The Bucha Massacre

Bucha Massacre

According to our European partners, is it crucial not to provoke russians? (a bitter irony). Is it crucial that the World War III does not break out? writes Mikhail Podiliak All that matters is that Russians not being upset about Ukraine and don’t use… Don’t use what? Missiles, bombs, tanks, commit no massacres of civilians,…

The Culture of Russian Barbarians

UK Newspaper headlines of Bucha Massacre

Every time you talk about the great Russian ballet, I will tell you the story of a young teacher from Brovary who was repeatedly raped in front of her parents and then kidnapped by Russian monsters. About dozens, maybe hundreds of raped Ukrainian women, writes #OlenaPshenychna. Often in front of children. About 15-16-year-old girls from…

Ethnic Cleansing in Ukraine: Is the Red Cross Aiding Russia’s Crimes?

Red Cross Ethic Cleansing?

The Red Cross has been accused of direct complicity in Russia’s forced deportation of Ukrainians, thereby aiding and abetting the Russian NaZi policy of ethnic cleansing of the territories it has illegally occupied. This is the only interpretation possible for the decision of the Red Cross to open a refugee assistance centre in Rostov-on-Don. A…

Fighting Homelessness in Belgium

Homeless

Effectively fighting homelessness requires the availability of clear, reliable and comparable data.  For the second consecutive year, the King Baudouin Foundation has supported research teams (from (LUCAS KU Leuven and UCLouvain CIRTES) in organising point-in-time counts of homeless people at the end of 2021 in four cities and regions: Charleroi, Namur, the southern part of…