Olha (61) er tatt til fange av russerne
Olha Baranevska er fra Melitopol i Ukraina. Hun har jobbet i barnehage hele sitt voksne liv, og er lidenskapelig opptatt av blomster.
Da russerne invaderte Ukraina i 2022 og raskt fikk kontroll over Melitopol, ble Olha og kollegaene hennes bedt om å holde seg hjemme fra jobb.
Olha nektet å jobbe for den russsiske okkupasjonsmakten.
Hun tilbrakte dagene i rosehagen sin, samtidig som hun tok seg av sine syke, gamle foreldre.
Forsvant
Etter hvert fylte hun 60 år og gikk av med pensjon. Mens andre i familien flyktet fra landet, ble Olha igjen for å passe på sine syke gamle foreldre.
En dag forsvant hun. Datteren, som hadde rømt Ukraina, fikk ikke lenger kontakt med moren på telefon. Det viste seg at russerne hadde tatt henne til fange.
Olha har blitt dømt til 6 års fengsel av den russiske okkupasjonsmakten. Hun har blitt torturert i varetekt og sliter med dårlig helse.
Krev rettferdighet for Olha og andre sivile ukrainere i fangenskap - signer aksjonen!
Datteren Aksinya Bobruiko, som befinner seg i Tyskland, er ikke i tvil om hvorfor moren hennes ble tatt.

Russland hevder at Olha hadde plantet eksplosiver i hagen sin. I november 2024 ble hun dømt til 6 år i fengsel.
Amnesty krever at russiske myndigheter:
- umiddelbart løslater Olha Baranevska med mindre det legges fram troverdige bevis for at hun har begått noe straffbart. I så fall må hun sikres en rettferdig rettergang.
- i påvente av løslatelse sikrer at Olha ikke utsettes for tortur eller mishandling, og at hun får nødvendig helsehjelp.
- etterforsker omstendighetene rundt hennes bortføring og at de ansvarlige stilles til ansvar.
Signaturene sendes til den russiske menneskerettighetskommisæren, Tatiana Moskalkova.
Last ned underskriftsliste her:
Human Rights Commissioner
Smolensky Boulevard, 19с2
119121 Moscow, Russian Federation,
Email: [email protected]
Dear Human Rights Commissioner,
I am writing to express concern about the treatment of Ukrainian civilians in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, and specifically the retired nursery teacher Olha Baranevska. I believe she might have been targeted for her pro-Ukrainian sentiments. She disappeared from her home in Melitopol on 15 May 2024. A local resident reported seeing her briefly brought home, bruised, and escorted away by three ununiformed men on 19 May.
Olha’s fate or whereabouts were unknown until 27 June 2024, when she unexpectedly came to her parents’ house, quickly phoned her daughter (who is abroad) to say, in cryptic wording, that she had been held captive alone “in darkness,” that “everything that hurt [before] has healed”. Soon after the call, Olha was arbitrarily arrested by police, fined and given 14 days of administrative detention (twice) for purportedly violating the curfew. Meanwhile the authorities reported finding explosives in her garden. At the trial that followed in November, Melitopol Interdisctrict Court convicted Olha Baranevska under Art. 222.1(1) of the Russian Criminal Code (unlawful possession of explosives) and sentenced her to six years in prison, based on questionable evidence, including Olha’s “confession.” The judge accepted unquestioningly that explosives had been found in Olha’s garden on 7 August 2024 (while she was serving “administrative detention”) and questioned neither her motive nor their origin. Olha is suffering from poor health, which is deteriorating, is insulin-dependent, and needs treatment for other conditions. Her human rights have been gravely violated.
According to Amnesty International, planting of explosives and forced self-incriminating statements are commonly used by Russian police to frame and falsely imprison civilians.
I urge you to take all steps within your authority to ensure that Olha Baranevska:
- Is immediately and unconditionally released, unless credible evidence of a crime of which she can be plausibly suspected is presented, in which case her right to a fair trial must be fully respected;
- pending her release, she is protected from ill-treatment and provided with the healthcare she requires;
- the circumstance of her abduction, arbitrary detention and alleged torture and the alleged falsification of evidence are investigated, and all those suspected of these human rights violations are held accountable in fair trials.
Yours sincerely,