Presentation of the study: "Anatomy of Systematic Crime: How russia Persecutes Civilians"
Participants:
– Lyubov Smachylo, Head of the Analytics Department at the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR);
– Anna Rassamakhina, Head of the War and Justice Department at MIHR;
– Lene Wetteland, Head of the Documentation and Accountability Center at the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (online, tbc);
– Yuliia, wife of a civilian abducted and tortured at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, Kyiv Oblast.
Discussion topics:
– War crimes committed by the russian army against civilians and crimes against humanity in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts;
– Deportation routes and places of detention of civilians on the territory of the russian federation;
– Individuals involved in crimes against civilians and crimes against humanity.
Why is it interesting?
The new MIHR report reconstructs crimes committed by russians against civilians during the occupation of northern Ukraine, demonstrating that the persecution of civilians is not isolated acts of brutality by russian soldiers, but a systematic and deliberate policy directed by the military and political leadership of the russian federation. The study is based on 143 in-depth interviews with victims and witnesses, analyzed through the I-DOC database, which links different episodes of crimes.
Kyiv, December 17, 2024
