February, 2017. The front line town Avdiivka, Donetsk region, has been the epicenter of a recent escalation in fighting. At least eight civilians died here in January alone, as the humanitarian crisis worsened with heating and electricity cut off. Temperatures dropped to -8 degrees at night in unheated buildings. This hole was left by artillery fire in 2014, and a home of a local man — who didn’t want to be named — was completely destroyed in February.
February, 2017. Child runs past sandbagged windows in a frontline school in Marinka, Donetsk region. Signposts on the wall direct the children to an underground bunker, where they routinely have to hide from artillery shelling. Additional coloured stickers indicate if the wall is safe to hide behind, if artillery shelling takes place.
February, 2017. Yura Nogin repairs war-damaged buildings in Marinka, Donesk region, where he now lives with Oksana Sidorenko, whom he met while serving with an artillery detachment in the town.
February, 2017. A Ukrainian marine sits inside a makeshift dining hall near Mariupol in Donetsk region. The Ukrainian military has experienced significant levels of post-traumatic stress disorder, which goes largely untreated.
February, 2017. A lone civilian walks on a road near Marinka in the Donetsk region, which has seen near-constant heavy fighting in the last three years. With key infrastructure and transport links destroyed, civilians are often trapped between the front lines
Destroyed industrial building in Luhansk region, September, 2016.
Donbass steppes in Luhansk region, September, 2016.
September, 2016. Konstantine Zarubin sits in his grandparents' home - two floors below the home of his best friend, Edek. In 2014, Edek was killed by a landmine as the boys climbed in a quarry. When trying to seek psychological support, his school headmaster called Konstantine 'weak'.
September, 2016. Pavel Albulov shows the deep scar in the center of his forehead, left behind after a booby-trap went off after opening the door to a house in Troitske, Luhansk region. He went inside to feed the animals left behind by the fleeing neighbours.
Libyans celebrate the 5th anniversary of the February 17 Revolution in Zuwara, Libya.
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In August 2011, a group of militiamen, who were fighting against the Libyan president Mummer Kadhafi, entered the house of Kadhafi’s youngest son, Hannibal, in Tripoli, and found a tablet device which they believe was his personal device.
The device was turned over to a group of media activists in Tripoli, who examined the content. On the device they found thousands of photos and videos, including personal and family images. In a folder titled “Bosleem” there were videos that appeared to show prisoners being tortured during questioning, and photos of what are believed to be prisoners including their names, some appearing to be injured. The content also included Word documents and power point presentations some of which are encrypted.
The media activists have posted on social media a number of photos of Hannibal Kadhadi and his family, and several videos of prisoners being tortured. The activists group says one of its members was kidnapped and his fate remains unknown. Since then they have felt that they are in danger and have had to change locations frequently. They decided to move the content of the device outside of Libya. They contacted Lebanese journalist Mohamad Chreyteh, and one the the activists travelled to Lebanon in 2014 and gave the journalist the content.
Mr. Chreyteh says he has been working on organizing and verifying the content over the last year. He says he decided to make some of the content public on Sunday December 13, 2015, after hearing news that Hannibal Kadhafi is being held in detention. Kadhafi was turned over to Lebanese Internal Security official by gunmen who had seized him in Baalbek on Thursday December 10. Kadhafi is under investigation and official are trying to determine if he can be put on trial in Lebanon, in connection with the disappearance in Libya of Lebanese Shiaa spiritual leader and founder of the Amal Party, Moussa al-Sadr, in 1978.
The content includes many items that have not yet been made public:
- More than 700 photos and videos, of Hannibal Kadhafi, his wife, children, homes, yacht, private jet and international travels.
- More than 1700 photos and names of who are believed to be detainees held at Bosleem prison in Tripoli.
- More than 50 video clips showing what appears to be the interrogation and torture of prisoners.
- More than 35 documents including letters from investigators in Kadhafi’s security forces to senior officials, lists with names of wanted people, lists with names of detainees, lists with names of people recommended to be set free, notes detailing prisoner interrogations, letter from a senior military police official to a senior judge.
Hannibal Kadhafi and his Lebanese born wife Aline Skaf in what is believed to be their home.
A portion of a lengthy undated document from 2011, that appears to be a report by a Libyan security official to a superior on the uprising against the Kadhafi regime in 2011.
The subject "Summary of the current incidents based on investigations of detainees".
The report says that what it refers to as the 'conspiracy', started in Benghazi on February 7, 2011, blaming it on what are called "crusader countries" including the US, France, Italy, and the UK.
The report goes on to also blame Arab countries including Qatar, UAE and the Arab League, as well as external opposition and "internal traitors".
This is a of a portion of an undated document from 2011, that appears to be a reply by a Libyan security official to a letter from his superior dated May 18 2011. The document appears to be a report of interrogations of prisoners who have identified other people as participants in the uprising against the Kadhafi regime.
A portion of a document dated June 24, 2011, that appears to be a list of detainees at the 'central prison', believed to be Bosleem Prison. The document lists the names of 385 prisoners showing their file number, nationality, and location and date of their apprehension.
A portion of an undated document from 2011, that appears to be a letter by a Libyan security officer to a superior, accusing a police officer named Sufian Fawzi al-Seid al-Zarkani, of participating in the uprising against the Kadhafi regime.
The report also claims that the officer hid members of the opposition in his house, and did not allow his family to watch Libyan state television and instead allowed them to watch external channels such as al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya.
Um Abdul Rahman adds plastic and wood to burn in the stove.
Abdul Rahman blows to fan the flames.
Um Abdul Rahman and three of her children sit near the stove.
Um Abdul Rahman and three of her children sit near the stove.
Abdul Rahman sits next to the stove with a peace of plastic to add as fuel.
Abdul Rahman sits next to the stove with a peace of plastic to add as fuel.
Um Abdul Rahman and two of her children sit near the stove.
Um Abdul Rahman and four of her children sit near the stove.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove at the family's home.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove at the family's home.
Um Abdul Rahman's young children outside the house.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove next to a bomb damaged building.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove next to a dumpster.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove next to a dumpster.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove next to a dumpster.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove at the family's house.
Abdul Rahman collects rubbish to burn as fuel in the stove at the family's house.
Um Abdul Rahman sits at the doorstep of her home as her son holds a peace of plastic to be burned as fuel in the stove.
Um Abdul Rahman holds her forehead as she sits on the doorstep of her home.
Jannud al-Saghir and two of his daughters collect rubbish that can be burned as fuel for cooking and heating.
Jannud al-Saghir and two of his daughters collect rubbish that can be burned as fuel for cooking and heating.
Collected rubbish that al-Saghir family burns as fuel for cooking and heating.
Collected rubbish that al-Saghir family burns as fuel for cooking and heating.
Handmade pot used to cook.