Institute for War & Peace Reporting
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Institute for War & Peace Reporting (or IWPR for short) is an independent not-for profit organisation that works with media and civil society to promote positive change in conflict zones, closed societies, and countries in transition around the world. It has coordinating offices in the United States and the Netherlands, and a global headquarters in London. IWPR supports local reporters, citizen journalists and civil society activists in countries in conflict, crisis and transition around the world. It trains, mentors and provides platforms for professional and citizen reporters; builds up the institutional capacity of media and civic groups; and works with partners to remove barriers to free expression, robust public debate and citizen engagement. IWPR works on the ground in more than 30 countries and runs programmes in, among other places, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Iraq, the Balkans, Sudan,and Uganda. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Search Articles“People over Punishment”: Why Ukraine Exchanges War Criminals
Shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion, Russian Su-34 pilot Aleksandr Krasnoyartsev was shot down following a bombing raid over the city of Chernihiv in north-eastern Ukraine. Having ejected, the 36-year-old pilot landed in the yard of a private residence and, trying to hide, using his personal firearm to murder a civilian. Krasnoyartsev was captured shortly afterwards.
Frontline Update: Weaponising the Transnistrian Region’s Winter
Welcome to IWPR’s Frontline Update, your go-to source to hear from journalists and local voices at the front lines of conflict. THE BIG PICTURE Residents of Moldova’s breakaway Transnistrian region are suffering through yet another freezing winter as precarious energy supplies disrupt basic services and deepen pressure on the local economy.
Weaponising Winter in the Transnistrian Region
Analysts warn that the ongoing energy interruptions in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria – particularly painful in the midst of a freezing winter – are being exploited by Russia as another tool of hybrid warfare. The territory, sandwiched between the Nistru River and the Ukrainian border, broke away from Chisinau in 1992 after a war in which Moscow supported the separatist forces.
War Crimes Trial for Ukrainian Serving with Russian Army
A 43-year-old Ukrainian citizen from the Donetsk region is on trial for alleged war crimes he committed while serving with Russian forces in the Sumy oblast following the full-scale invasion. Mykhailo Bakhmanov is accused of conducting a mock execution as well as the robbery and intimidation of civilians during the occupation of a village in the Okhtyrka district in March 2022.
Conscription in Occupied Lands: Russia’s War Crime
As Russia steps up its efforts to boost the ranks of its armed forces, Ukraine continues to investigate and prosecute those responsible for conscripting residents of occupied territories into the Russian army. The Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War prohibits the recruitment of people from occupied territories into the army.
From Cyber Experts to Cyber Trainers
Civil society groups - especially those serving vulnerable communities- face multiple threats online, from harassment to phishing and other digital attacks. To mitigate these threats, an IWPR “training of trainers” brought together 12 cyber security experts from Armenia and Moldova to learn how their support could build more resilient organisational practices.
On the Streets in Tehran
I went out into the streets on Thursday, January 8. The further we went, the more people there were. At first we were on the sidewalks, then gradually we merged to take over the entire street. To begin with, no one was chanting; it was as if we were all waiting for the crowd to grow larger. Suddenly, about two rows ahead of us, a woman around 60 years old shouted, “Death to the dictator,” and all of us joined in.
Frontline Update: Iran in Crisis
Welcome to IWPR’s Frontline Update, your go-to source to hear from journalists and local voices at the front lines of conflict. THE BIG PICTURE The mass protests in Iran, with thousands killed in a regime crackdown, are presenting the greatest challenge to the authorities in many years. As an internet blackout severely restricts the media’s ability to report from within the country, we hear a first-hand account from a protestor in Tehran.
De Facto Police Chief Sentenced for Torture
A Russian citizen acting as “police chief” for the occupation authorities has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for brutalising villagers in the Kharkiv region. Vladimir Samoilov, a Russian citizen originally from Belgorod, was convicted of abuses including beating victims with a taser and a wooden mallet as well as so-called waterboarding, in which water is poured continuously onto a towel over a person’s face, simulating the feeling of drowning.
Investigating POW Executions
In the morning of January 9 2025, near the village of Guyevo in Russia’s Kursk region, a burst of automatic rifle fire rang out and two Ukrainian soldiers fell to the ground. Viktor Liapota and Ivan Kondratiuk, fighters with the 41st Separate Territorial Defence Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, had been captured after a firefight with a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group.