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Killings of Civilians: Summary Executions and Attacks on Individual Civilians in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy Regions …

As of 31 October 2022, OHCHR – through the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) – had documented summary executions and attacks on individual civilians in 102 villages and towns of the three regions between 24 February and 6 April 2022. The acts in question were committed by Russian armed forces in control of these areas and led to the deaths of 441 civilians (341 men, 72 women, 20 boys and 8 girls). One hundred of those killings are analysed in this report and its Annex, as illustrative examples of the suffering borne by civilians in these areas. Information available to OHCHR indicates that the total number of summary executions and lethal attacks directed against individual civilians by Russian armed forces in the three regions during the reporting period is likely considerably higher.

October 7, 2023
Attacks on civilians Bucha International community Russia Ukraine United Nations War crimes

Atlas of Forensic Pathology: Prahlow & Byard

Postmortem changes refer to various processes that occur in a body after death producing a variety of effects. These changes can be divided into early and late time periods, the latter represented by decomposition, however the entire process represents a continuum. While the sequence of events can be predicted, many variables can influence the rate and extent of these alterations to the body, and so it is simply not possible to reliably estimate an accurate time of death (“postmortem interval”) based on these changes alone.

October 3, 2023
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OSCE: SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL (1366th Plenary Meeting)

Agenda item 1: The Russian Federation's ongoing aggression against Ukraine: Atrocities discovered in the Kyiv liberated region.

October 2, 2023

EU to launch platform to fight Russian, Chinese disinformation

The European Union will launch a new platform to counter disinformation campaigns by Russia and China amid growing worries, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said today. A so-called Information Sharing and Analysis Center within the EU's foreign services —the European External Action Service (EEAS) — will seek to track information manipulation by foreign actors and coordinate with the 27 EU countries and the wider community of NGOs. "We need to understand how these disinformation campaigns are organized ... to identify the actors of the manipulation," said Borrell.

September 22, 2023
China Chinese propaganda Disinformation European Union International community Misconceptions Russia Russian propaganda Ukraine

Notes from the Digital Field: Ethical Dilemmas in Open Source Research

As an open source researcher you often cover data or footage that is highly contested and ethically difficult. Director of Research and Training Giancarlo Fiorella has written a guide to navigating ethical dilemmas in our field.

September 22, 2023
Fact-checking tools Resources Russia Ukraine

EU warns China on Ukraine disinformation and cyberattacks

China should tread carefully when it comes to spreading disinformation and cyberattacks to help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, European Union digital chief Věra Jourová said Monday. [...] “I have stated that we consider how China interacts with Russia's war against Ukraine to be a determining factor for EU-China relations going forward. This includes of course aspects relating to cybersecurity, and disinformation,” Jourová said in a statement to POLITICO after the EU-China High-Level Digital Dialogue.

September 22, 2023
China Chinese propaganda Disinformation European Union Misconceptions Russia Ukraine

Old Italian rally photo falsely shared as ‘anti-war protest’ in Ukraine in Sept 2023

A photo of people gathering in a square has been viewed tens of thousands of times alongside a false claim it shows an anti-war protest in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in September 2023. The photo in fact predates Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine; it was taken in Turin, Italy in November 2018 and shows a rally to support the construction of a controversial train line.

September 19, 2023
Chinese propaganda Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Misconceptions Ukraine

Fact Check: Did NATO Just Place 300,000 Troops on High Alert After a Biden Gaffe?

The troops were placed on alert more than a year ago, and not in response to a statement from the president.

September 19, 2023
Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings International community Misconceptions NATO Ukraine

Putin Says Poland Wants To ‘Regain’ Western Ukraine?

Although Putin claimed that Poland wanted to "regain western territories of Ukraine," that accusation was unsubstantiated and has never been been confirmed by any actions or declarations of Polish authorities.

September 19, 2023
Disinformation Fact checks / debunkings Misconceptions Poland Russia Russian propaganda Ukraine

Disinformation: Russia presented specific evidence to the UN on crimes committed by the Ukrainian authorities against their own citizens in Bucha

Therefore, the Kremlin’s claim that they presented a set of evidence to the UN which proves Ukraine’s crimes in Bucha is fake. That which the Russian Ambassador presented at a special press conference and the UN Security Council are impossible to be considered as “evidence.” Most of them are easily verifiable false claims and the rest is absurd allegations which are not considered as evidence in any format.