The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on the Russian authorities to confirm reports of the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who disappeared on 3 August 2023 in the temporarily occupied territor…
The European Union was “appalled” by Victoria Roshchyna’s death and demanded a “thorough and independent” investigation into the circumstances of her death, its External Service’s spokesperson said in a statement on Oct. 11.”The EU demands a thorough a…
Viktoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity, was held in Russian detention centers where torture is used against the prisoners, the Media Initiative for Human Rights said on Oct. 11.Ukrainian officials confirmed Roshchyna’s…
Viktoriia Roshchyna, a freelance writer of Ukrainska Pravda, whose death in Russian captivity was recently confirmed, was held in Detention Centre No. 2 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia. Former prisoners have described this facility as notorious for …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reacted to the death of Viktoriia Roshchyna, a freelance writer of Ukrainska Pravda and other media outlets, who had died in Russian captivity.
Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram
Quote: “It became known yesterday …
Ukrainska Pravda freelance journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna tragically died while in Russian captivity, just before a planned prisoner swap that was supposed to bring her home. She was scheduled to be transferred to Lefortovo prison in Moscow as part of …
The criminal case opened over the disappearance of Ukrainian freelance writer Viktoriia Roshchyna has been reclassified as a war crime combined with premeditated murder.
Source: Office of the Prosecutor General
Quote: “On 10 October, the media pu…
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Commissioner for Human Rights, has confirmed that the Russian authorities have acknowledged the death of Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist and freelance contributor to Ukrainska Pravd…
Editor’s note: This is a breaking story and will continue to be updated. Viktoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist held captive by Russia, has died, said Petro Yatsenko, a spokesperson of Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prison…
Viktoriia Roshchyna, a freelance writer for Ukrainska Pravda, has died in Russian captivity. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) says the journalist had been due to return to Ukraine shortly. There has been no official confirmation of her death from …