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«CONNECTION e.V.» ON TOUR ⸻ DAY 1

On Monday, October 20th, 2025, a public event took place in Vienna with Sasza Belik and Artem Klyga. It was dedicated to the topic of deserters and conscientious objectors from Russia, as well as the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on Europe.

Constitutional complaints of three conscientious objectors about to be judged. Photo: civilni.media.

Constitutional complaints of three conscientious objectors will be judged jointly

(17.10.2025) Constitutional Court of Ukraine decides whether the state have a right to deny in alternative service to those who can’t join the army because of beliefs, and whether it is legitimate to imprison people for holding fast to high standards of conscience. On 15 October 2025, the Second Senate of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine decided to consider constitutional complaints of Vitalii Alekseienko, Serhii Ivanushchenko, and Dmytro Zelinsky jointly in one constitutional proceeding. Previously, reasons to join the constitutional proceedings were pointed out in the amicus curiae brief submitted by the Director of the Institute of Peace and Law, Yurii Sheliazhenko, which the Court decided to add to the case file on 1st October.

VIDEO REPORT • KLYGA AND KONOVALOV AGAINST THE WAR

Appearance of the two conscientious objectors Andrii Konovalov from Ukraine and Artem Klyga from Russia. Rally in Berlin on October 3th.

REPORT • UN • HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN RUSSIA

The 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council is still going on. Today, Mariana Katsarova, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, presented her third report on the human rights situation in Russia since the start of the war.