04 November 2025

Political Prisoner Iryna Danylovych Receives the Stories of Injustice Award 2025

The award was accepted in person by Tetiana Pechonchyk, Chair of the Board of the ZMINA Human Rights Center, as Iryna is currently being held in Women’s Penal Colony No. 7 in Zelenokumsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian Federation.

As a reminder, on 28 December 2022, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, Iryna Danylovych was sentenced to seven years in a general-regime penal colony and fined 50,000 rubles on fabricated charges of allegedly carrying an explosive device. In response to an appeal, the so-called “Supreme Court of Crimea” reduced her prison term by one month to six years and eleven months. The activist has repeatedly reported pressure, torture, and intimidation by officers of the Russian FSB.

More about Iryna Danylovych’s story is available here: https://ppu.gov.ua/press-center/6-travnia-den-narodzhennia-iryny-danylovych/

People in Need is a Czech humanitarian organization that provides assistance to people affected by war, natural disasters, and other emergencies. The organization has been operating in Ukraine since 2003 and actively supports communities affected by the war by delivering food, hygiene supplies, cash assistance, psychosocial support, and aid for housing and infrastructure restoration.Source: ZMINA Human Rights Center.