Liz Cookman
Liz Cookman is a correspondent based in Ukraine who relocated to the country in the tense months that preceded Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago. She is the 2023 winner of Amnesty’s Gaby Rado New Journalist Award. Her work focuses on the human cost of conflict and crises and she produces on-the-ground reports and in-depth features for international outlets, including The Economist 1843, The Guardian and The Sunday Times.
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After Surviving Soviet Repression, a Turkic Minority Is Being Divided in Ukraine
Meskhetian Turks are caught in the crossfire of the war in Ukraine, forced to fight — and die — on both sides of a conflict many do not consider their own. Thousands have fled in the latest mass relocation of this persecuted people, who have spent much of the past century uprooted.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine Reveals a Network of Russian Torture Chambers
Proof of the horrors local residents were subjected to during more than six months of occupation was revealed on Sept. 19 in a dark and dust-filled basement under the police station in Izium, a strategic city in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region that was liberated in its latest offensive. Among the instruments used to terrorize people were Soviet-era gas masks that had been modified to prevent the victim from being able to breathe once it was placed on the face.
Hard Choices for Those Fleeing Within Ukraine
When Yilena heard the gut-wrenching boom of nearby explosions at her home in Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, she and her…