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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has scheduled an oral hearing in a case concerning ten Ukrainian children whom Russia failed to return to Ukraine following its occupation of Crimea in 2014. The hearing on the admissibility and merits of the application will take place on 22 September 2026. Human Rights Centre ZMINA and the Public Interest Journalism Lab (PIJL) have joined the proceedings as third-party interveners. Their analysis of Russia’s systematic policies of passportisation,...

The House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the government to step up international pressure on Russia and work towards the release of at least 28 Ukrainian journalists and media workers unlawfully detained by the Russian Federation. The resolution, initiated by the Socialist Party of the Netherlands, was adopted in early July. The document also calls on the government to gather more information about the situation of the detained journalists and...

On the 27th of May, the documentary film To the Sound of Sirens was screened at Ukrainian House. The film is about rescue workers and psychologists from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service who are the first to arrive at strike sites in Kyiv. Often, they come while the attack is still ongoing. They speak about what usually does not make it into the news: night shifts, work in the rubble, the deaths of colleagues, and conversations with people waiting for any news about their loved ones. They...