- 
French
 - 
fr
German
 - 
de
Italian
 - 
it
Spanish
 - 
es
English
 - 
en
UKR
National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

THE NATIONAL UNION OF
JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE

No Result
View All Result
DONATE
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
DONATE
THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Our Partners
  • DONATE
Home TOP news

“Gestapo methods”: political prisoner Iryna Danylovych asks European Parliament to stop torture in russian colony she is being held in

NUJU By NUJU
16.07.2025
in TOP news, News
0
0
279152239 1501121727017046 7846864310586562158 n
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterSent by emailScan QR

Citizen journalist and political prisoner Iryna Danylovych has appealed to the Vice President of the European Parliament, Pina Picierno, with a request to draw attention to the mass abuse in the russian women’s colony in the city of Zelenokumsk, where she is being held.

The respective appeal was passed on by her relatives, ZMINA reports.

Danylovych reported that the administration of women’s colony 7 in Zelenokumsk, Stavropol Krai, creates “endless hell” for the prisoners.

According to her, the colony does not turn off the bright light, which causes headaches and makes it impossible to sleep. Equipment is played at an extremely loud volume for several hours every day right in the barracks. The latter is very exhausting for the political prisoner, as she has an ear infection that is not being treated effectively in the colony.

“Even blindfolds don’t save us,” Danylovych notes regarding the constant light.

In addition, according to Danylovych, women are forced to stand outside for hours in the rain or frost, which she considers a form of torture.

Danylovych asks Pina Picierno to bring these facts to the attention of the European community and draw attention to the situation of women in russian prisons. The Vice President of the European Parliament has repeatedly expressed her support for the imprisoned journalist.

“I ask you to make this public. I ask everyone who cares to express their position,” says Iryna.

She also called on the russian Human Rights Commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, to stop the torture and violations of the rights of imprisoned women in Zelenokumsk.

***

Iryna Danylovych is a nurse and public activist from Feodosia (Crimea), who has collaborated with the INzhyr Media publication and the human rights project Crimean Process. The woman defended the interests of medical workers on the peninsula: she joined an independent trade union. She wrote extensively about violations of their rights, including underpayments for working with COVID-19 patients. She also maintained a page on social networks and several blog columns dedicated to the rights of medical workers and healthcare problems in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

FSB officers kidnapped her on April 29 and held her in the FSB basement until May 7 without any status or legal assistance. She was interrogated using a polygraph, subjected to psychological pressure: they promised to take her to the forest, to Mariupol, and fed her once a day. She also stated this in the illegal “court” in Feodosia.

Despite the outrage of the international human rights community, on December 28, 2022, the Feodosia City Court announced the verdict against Iryna Danylovych. For allegedly possessing explosives, she was sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of RUB 50,000.

Recall that Danylovych suffers from severe headaches, as she is suspected of having acute inflammation of the middle and inner ear. There is a threat of brain inflammation, which could lead to death, but she is not receiving normal treatment.

 

Previous Post

Journalists demand release of all their colleagues held in russian captivity

Next Post

War truth and form of resistance: why regional media are sometimes more powerful than international ones

Related Articles

zobrazhennya viber 2025 08 05 11 23 29 538
TOP

New challenges, staff shortages and increased risk: how local front-line media newsrooms work (NUJU’s survey)

2025/08
global logo 1536x425 1
TOP news

Famous American Dart Center will continue its work in an updated format

2025/08
Kateryna Soliar’s apartment was damaged during the attack. Channel 24’s collage
TOP news

I lay down in the corridor, and it saved me – the house of Channel 24 presenter damaged by missile attack

2025/07

Discussion about this post

TOP News

  • Frédéric Pétry during filming in Orekhov. Photo by 65 SMB / Andrii Andriienko

    French photojournalist Frédéric Pétry documents realities of the war in Zaporizhzhia

    64 shares
    Share 26 Tweet 16
  • List of journalists killed since start of russia’s full-scale aggression (UPDATE)

    280 shares
    Share 112 Tweet 70
  • “A colleague said, “Stop thinking like a regional journalist.” And I replied that this is my advantage,” – Vasylisa Stepanenko

    2 shares
    Share 1 Tweet 1
zobrazhennya viber 2025 08 05 11 23 29 538

New challenges, staff shortages and increased risk: how local front-line media newsrooms work (NUJU’s survey)

05.08.2025
global logo 1536x425 1

Famous American Dart Center will continue its work in an updated format

01.08.2025
Kateryna Soliar’s apartment was damaged during the attack. Channel 24’s collage

I lay down in the corridor, and it saved me – the house of Channel 24 presenter damaged by missile attack

31.07.2025
Consequences of russian attack in Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi District, Viktoriya Kolomiyets / Hromadske

Hromadske journalist’s apartment damaged during nighttime attack on Kyiv. Journalist and her husband injured

31.07.2025
Norwegian journalist Ole Dag Kvamme with the head of the board of the Zaporizhzhia regional organization of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), Nataliya Kuzmenko, in the press center of the Journalists' Solidarity Center (JSC). Photo by Oleksii Stoyanovskyi

Norwegian press writes about Zaporizhzhia journalists

31.07.2025
ruyiny doneczkogo ayeroportu pid chas boyiv za nogo 2014 rik

Stories of war-affected children are not what can be called breaking news. Their coverage takes time – Yuliya Surkova

30.07.2025

National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), according to its Statute, it is a national all-Ukrainian organization a creative union uniting journalists and other media workers.

Contacts

E-mail: [email protected]

© 2023 NUJU - National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
No Result
View All Result

© 2023 - 2025 NUJU - National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In