head of the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine)/ Nobel Peace Prize 2022/ Democracy Defender Award of OSCE 2016
Kyiv, Ukraine
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This is truly a historic moment. President Trump has indefinitely suspended sanctions against Russia that would have been required in the Graham law. He went against the last request of Lindsey Graham, whom he called his friend. And he handed Putin the opportunity to finance the war against Ukrainians, who are fighting for their freedom.
Trump calls this a "national interest." But diesel prices went up because of his war against Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. So waiving sanctions on Russia does not solve that problem. Instead, it creates another one.
Putin cannot win on the battlefield, so he attacks civilians. Russian missiles and drones are destroying homes, hospitals, schools, and churches. According to the UN, just two weeks of October have been among the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine in recent years.
Forty percent of Russia's budget goes to the war. After Trump's latest decisions, Russia will make record profits. The formula is simple: "Money turns into missiles. Missiles turn into civilian deaths."
Trump is not stopping Russia's war against Ukraine. Trump is helping Putin win it.
As a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, I want to address the people of America, regardless of their political views.
Do you really believe that the killing of millions of people and the loss of Ukraine's independence are in your national interest?
If not, what will you do to stop America from financing the genocide that Putin is waging against Ukrainians with Trump's support?
#StandWithUkraine
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Oleksandra Matviichuk retweeted
Yesterday, Russia launched 217 guided aerial bombs, 8,784 attack drones and carried out 2,607 shelling attacks across Ukraine.
All. In. One. day.
Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
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Trump's remarks were made the same day Russia conducted a drone strike killing six civilians including children in a Kharkiv region park, plus missile and energy infrastructure attacks leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
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Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv
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Things go from bad to worse. Trump 🇺🇸 seems to regret that 🇷🇺 didn’t conquer 🇺🇦 immediately, and blame the failure on some incompetent 🇷🇺 general. Who feeds him this strange stuff? Or does he just invent it because he wishes it was so?
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I thank you for drawing attention to the people starving in Russian-occupied Oleshki. The civilians need to be evacuated urgently.
Russia, as an occupying power, must provide people with food, medical supplies, and drinking water.
A Oleshky, in Ucraina, migliaia di persone sono intrappolate in un territorio occupato dall’esercito russo, senza accesso regolare a cibo e medicine. Le aree minate rendono estremamente pericolosa la fuga: chi resta rischia di morire di fame, chi tenta di andarsene rischia la vita.
Per richiamare l’attenzione internazionale su questa emergenza, ho annunciato uno sciopero della fame. Ma questa battaglia non può essere soltanto mia.
Chiedo ad associazioni, cittadini e istituzioni nazionali e locali di aderire a questa grande azione nonviolenta. Dobbiamo chiedere una tregua umanitaria immediata, l’ingresso di cibo e medicinali e la possibilità di evacuare in sicurezza i civili che vogliono lasciare la città.
Potete aderire cliccando qui spaziopubblico.eu/save-olesh…
Con questa mobilitazione vogliamo sostenere l’azione di Papa Leone XIV e di quanti, in queste ore, stanno facendo tutto il possibile per evitare una tragedia umanitaria di proporzioni enormi.
La popolazione di Oleshky non può essere abbandonata. È il momento di agire insieme, perché la diplomazia produca risultati concreti e nessuno sia lasciato morire nel silenzio. #saveoleshky
👇 Ne parlo nell’intervista pubblicata oggi su la Repubblica, che trovate qui sotto.
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Today, together with 🇳🇴Ambassador @NorwayAmbUSA Anniken Huitfeldt, we co-hosted a briefing on the humanitarian catastrophe in #Oleshky and surrounding villages in the temporarily occupied Kherson region, for diplomats, U.S. Department of State representatives, human rights organizations, journalists, and think tanks.
Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, 25,000 people lived in Oleshky. Today, only around 2,000 remain, including 35 children. For years, they have lived without electricity, gas, heating, or water supply. No food has been officially delivered since May 26, 2026. The only supply route crosses mined territory under the threat of shelling. Ukraine has tried to reach starving residents, including by drone.
What is happening in Oleshky echoes the Holodomor of 1932–1933, the genocide committed by the Soviet regime against Ukrainians. Today, Russia is once again using starvation, destruction, and the denial of humanitarian aid as weapons against our people. These are war crimes that demand international attention and concrete action.
I am grateful to Ambassador Anniken Huitfeldt and our Norwegian partners @NorwayUS for their solidarity and co-hosting this briefing. Thank you to @avalaina and @ZarinaZabrisky for their powerful testimonies about Oleshky.
The people of Oleshky must not be forgotten. Their lives depend on international attention and action.
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Solidarity knows no borders.
The Center for Civil Liberties joins the international #NoToExecutionTuesdays campaign in solidarity with Iranian political prisoners who have been protesting against the death penalty for 143 consecutive Tuesdays.
🔴 According to human rights defenders, at least 46 political prisoners and protesters have been executed in Iran since March 19, 2026, while more than 100 others remain at risk. In 2025 alone, 2,159 executions were recorded in the country — the highest annual figure since 1981.
Despite imprisonment and repression, political prisoners across 66 prisons in Iran continue to hold weekly hunger strikes, defending human dignity and the right to life.
International solidarity is growing. On October 20, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression @SRfreedex_LMG began a 24-hour hunger strike in support of Iranian political prisoners, following a similar action by UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association @Ginitastar last week.
💬 “We Ukrainians know how important it is for the world not to remain silent when people are persecuted for their beliefs. Solidarity knows no borders. And today, we raise our voices in support of those fighting for freedom in Iran”, says @avalaina, Head of the @ccl_ua.
We call on the international community to push for the abolition of the death penalty, protect political prisoners’ rights, and demand an end to political persecution in Iran.
You are not alone. We stand with you.
#NoToExecutionTuesdays
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Maybe Russia should stop bombing Ukrainian energy facilities, @VP?
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I will be speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team this week to discuss Starshield, sanctions, and other matters pertaining to the defense of our strong ally, Ukraine. I will be assuring President Zelenskyy that anyone who attempts to limit the use of Starshield for Ukraine will be fully investigated and will be held fully accountable, to include public congressional oversight hearings, and immediate harsh and punitive budget cuts to any responsible agency or agency head.
Congress will unequivocally reaffirm that Ukraine is an indispensable ally to the United States, that Russia is a self-declared enemy of the United States, and that the United States will 100% support and defend the people of Ukraine in their fight for their own freedom against this brutal, illegal, and unprovoked Russian invasion.
The United States must provide any and all defensive equipment that Ukraine needs to defend itself. The United States must not import a single drop of Russian oil. Sanctions against the Russian regime must be harsher and stronger than they’ve ever been before. Each and every one of these items will be brought to the House Floor—and each and every one of these items will pass on the House Floor by an overwhelming margin.
This is, after all, what Ronald Reagan would do. And this is what we will do now. Ukraine can, and will, defeat Russia. #PeaceThroughStrength
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So Europeans paid for interceptor missiles for Patriot in Ukraine, but USA is refusing to deliver?!
Breaking news: The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said, a delay that comes as President Trump has embraced Russia in recent weeks. wapo.st/4yCb7T7
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Donald Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
These are photos from October alone.
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Insteaf of a thousand words.
A woman trapped under the rubble after a Russian strike is showing rescuers how old her daughter is. The little girl was killed by Russia.
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The American president thinks this is "fine"
A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children.
I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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#Iran On Tuesday the 13th, I am joining the 'No Execution Tuesdays' hunger strike.
The death penalty is being used against people for exercising their rights to freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights. 1/
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I am joining a solidarity action with political prisoners in Iran participating in #NoToExecutionTuesdays. At 12 am Iran time, I'm going to start a 24-hour #hungerstrike #Iran
#stopexecutions #abolishdeathpenalty
The scale of Iran’s use of the death penalty for political reasons is alarming. Amnesty International recorded at least 2,159 executions in 2025, the highest annual figure it has recorded in the country since 1981.
In 2026, at least 34 people have been executed in connection with the January protests, including five in just one week between 30 September and 5 October.
Information I have received also reveals a particularly troubling dimension for my mandate. At least 46 political prisoners and protesters reportedly executed since 19 March 2026: 37 arrested during protests and nine targeted in connection with alleged opposition affiliation. More than 100 others are reportedly on death row.
Offences such as baghi (armed rebellion), moharebeh (enmity against god) and efsad-e fel-arz (corruption on earth) are being used in cases where protest, political expression and alleged opposition affiliation are intertwined with capital charges.
History makes these warning signs impossible to ignore. In 1988, around 30,000 political prisoners were executed or forcibly disappeared in one of the darkest chapters of Iran’s recent history. Former UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman subsequently concluded that the summary, arbitrary and extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances amounted to crimes against humanity.
Iran must immediately halt executions, commute death sentences, review cases that fail to meet fair-trial standards and investigate allegations of torture.
Political opinion, criticism, peaceful protest and association must never become capital offences.
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These are not transfers from the US, but from other countries. The US is now actively sabotaging Ukrainian defense of civilians.
Breaking news: The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said, a delay that comes as President Trump has embraced Russia in recent weeks. wapo.st/4yCb7T7
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"Nobel Women’s Initiative laureates join the global condemnation of the US government’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
Impunity doesn’t end wars. It enables them."
—Oleksandra Matviichuk.
@avalaina @IntlCrimCourt
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In this stroller, there is now nothing but a bloody pulp. This is all that remains of the baby after today’s Russian shelling of a park in the Kharkiv region.
#MadeByPutin
#FinancedByTrump
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The author of the tweet below is the Russian special envoy who repeatedly met with Kushner and Witkoff to discuss the peace deal.
Yes, things have changed. Trump openly supports Putin and funds a genocidal war against the people in Ukraine who are fighting for their freedom.
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Latest: Zelenskyy tells reporters over WhatsApp that restrictions on Ukraine's Starlink systems remain. Interceptor drones can't function, logistics and operations hobbled. The maximum speed is 161 kph; "exceeding this limit causes the Starlink connection to cut out completely, resulting in the loss of the drone."
He says Ukraine has done tests to determine whether SpaceX is truly facing technical issues, as has been told Kyiv by the US side, or if this is a "deliberate operation... to restrict us, cut us off, and prevent us from defending ourselves and protecting our people, both at the front and among the civilian population."
He says Ukraine "sent a couple of vehicles equipped with Starlink terminals into European Union territory."
"They moved at speeds exceeding 180kph, and the Starlink systems worked perfectly. We have the relevant logs and evidence to prove this."
He adds: "The conclusion is clear: the restrictions are in effect within Ukraine but do not apply within the European Union. In other words, this is a planned operation."
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