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Russia returns physique of Victoria Roshchyna, Ukraine journalist who was captured and died in detention

Editorial Board Published April 24, 2025
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Russia has returned the physique of a Ukrainian journalist who was captured in occupied east Ukraine and later died in Russian custody, a Ukrainian lawmaker stated Thursday.

Victoria Roshchyna, who died at age 27, disappeared in August 2023 on a reporting journey to the Moscow-held a part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia area after travelling through Russian territory.

She remained lacking till April 2024, when her father obtained a letter from Moscow’s protection ministry saying she was being held in Russian detention.

The circumstances of her arrest weren’t made public and Russia didn’t clarify her demise, first reported in October 2024.

Individuals maintain portraits of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna throughout a commemoration for Roshchyna who died in Russian captivity, on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Sq.) on October 11, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

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“Victoria Roshchyna’s body is in Ukraine. The journalist’s body was returned as part of an exchange at the end of February,” Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Yurchyshyn stated Thursday.

Officers selected to not reveal her physique had been returned till they had been completely sure it was her, Yurchyshyn stated.

“Given the torture and the condition of the body, Roshchyna’s family requested not one, but several DNA examinations,” he added.

From there, she was transferred to a jail within the Russian port metropolis of Taganrog. The investigation stated she stopped consuming in jail and had “knife wounds” on her physique, in line with her cellmate.

Russia doesn’t sometimes touch upon the remedy of particular person prisoners however says it investigates situations of torture in its penal system.

Hundreds of Ukrainians against Moscow’s rule have been detained in occupied territories since Russia’s invasion in 2022, lots of whom face torture by the hands of safety forces, in line with rights teams. Final 12 months, BBC Russia reported that 1000’s of Ukrainian civilians, together with journalists, in Russian custody had been being held with out expenses or entry to authorized counsel.

In March 2022, Roshchina was detained by Russian forces for 10 days whereas reporting in southeastern Ukraine, in line with the Committee to Shield Journalists.

In 2022, she was awarded the Braveness in Journalism award by the Worldwide Girls’s Media Basis for her reporting from east Ukraine.

“Victoria’s passing is not just the loss of a remarkable woman, but of an intrepid witness to history,” the group stated in an announcement after her demise. “Regardless of her cause of death, we can say with certainty that her life was taken because she dared tell the truth. We hope her death will not be in vain: the international community must pressure Russia to cease targeting journalists and silencing press freedom.”

The Committee to Shield Journalists additionally condemned Moscow for Roshchina’s demise.

“Responsibility for her death lies with the Russian authorities, who detained her for daring to report the truth on the Russia-Ukraine war,” CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator stated in an announcement. “Ukrainian and Russian authorities must do everything in their power to investigate Roshchina’s death.”

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