Civilian casualties, including children and older people, increased, as Russian forces used indiscriminate weapons, damaged critical civilian infrastructure and appeared to deliberately target civilians. Executions, torture and other ill-treatment of civilian detainees and prisoners of war took place in the Russian-occupied territories, where the repression of non-Russian identities continued. Under martial law, the Ukrainian authorities restricted the rights to freedom of expression and religion. Prosecutions continued against conscientious objectors to compulsory military service. Ukraine’s progress on gender-based violence and LGBTI people’s rights remained limited.
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