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Journalism under siege for over a decade in temporarily occupied Crimea: How Russia has stifled freedom of the press on the Ukrainian peninsula
News - 10 June 2024

Journalism under siege for over a decade in temporarily occupied Crimea: How Russia has stifled freedom of the press on the Ukrainian peninsula

The policy of destroying independent media deprives Crimean residents of access to information from independent journalists, creating a propaganda bubble

De-identified Crimea: Occupying state massively eradicates ethnic celebrations – Amnesty International
News - 23 May 2024

De-identified Crimea: Occupying state massively eradicates ethnic celebrations – Amnesty International

Amnesty International concluded, that Russia has had ten years to implement its policies designed to alter the ethnic makeup of and suppress non-Russian identities in Crimea

Russia’s forced demographic changes in Crimea violate international law – Amnesty International
News - 15 May 2024

Russia’s forced demographic changes in Crimea violate international law – Amnesty International

Russia has had ten years to implement its policies designed to alter the ethnic makeup of and suppress non-Russian identities in Crimea. Through population transfer and coercive policies targeting minorities, it has sought to dilute and remove Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identity from the peninsula

Russia militarizes education and erases cultural identity of children in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN and Amnesty International
News - 13 May 2024

Russia militarizes education and erases cultural identity of children in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN and Amnesty International

The International Court of Justice found that the way in which Russia had implemented its educational system in Crimea after 2014 with regard to school education in the Ukrainian language had violated its obligations under Articles 2(1)(a) and 5(v) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

People’s Front asks Poroshenko not to listen to human rights defenders
News - 03 August 2017

People’s Front asks Poroshenko not to listen to human rights defenders

This refers to a law signed by the President, human rights defenders have called this law falsified

Amnesty International calls to join the rescue of journalist Aseev, who disappeared in the “DNR”
News - 06 July 2017

Amnesty International calls to join the rescue of journalist Aseev, who disappeared in the “DNR”

Currently the situation is becoming more critical...

Activists handed over thousands of signatures for ratifying the Istanbul Convention to the deputies
News - 16 May 2017

Activists handed over thousands of signatures for ratifying the Istanbul Convention to the deputies

Transfer was preceded by a theatrical performance

Charges brought against five Crimean Tatars in ‘case of February 26’
News - 18 November 2016

Charges brought against five Crimean Tatars in ‘case of February 26’

The prosecutor read the same text five times, changing only the names of the defendants

ATR TV channel set to move to Lithuania due to lack of funding
News - 10 October 2016

ATR TV channel set to move to Lithuania due to lack of funding

Crimean Tatar ATR TV channel states it is set to move to Lithuania due to lack of funding from the state budget of Ukraine

People freed from secret SBU prison in Kharkiv give comments to international human rights defenders
News - 28 August 2016

People freed from secret SBU prison in Kharkiv give comments to international human rights defenders

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say that illegally detained people were released after their July report “You Don’t Exist”

Website Myrotvorets updates list of journalists accredited in ‘DPR’
News - 20 May 2016

Website Myrotvorets updates list of journalists accredited in ‘DPR’

The authors of the resource believe that the information is published in accordance with Article 17 of the Constitution of Ukraine and Article 29 of the Law of Ukraine "On Information"

Poklonskaya suspends activities of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people
News - 14 April 2016

Poklonskaya suspends activities of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people

Prosecutor of the Russian occupation authorities in Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya issued an order to suspend the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars

Turkey massively deporting refugees to Syria – Amnesty International
News - 01 April 2016

Turkey massively deporting refugees to Syria – Amnesty International

Amnesty International human rights organization states about the large-scale forced returns of refugees from Turkey to Syria

Journalist named Ukraine’s First Prisoner of Conscience in 5 years
Articles - 25 February 2016

Journalist named Ukraine’s First Prisoner of Conscience in 5 years

Amnesty International has named Ukrainian freelance journalist and blogger Ruslan Kotsaba a prisoner of conscience in its latest report

First prisoner of conscience appears in Ukraine for five years
News - 25 February 2016

First prisoner of conscience appears in Ukraine for five years

He was accused of accused of "treason" and "obstructing the legitimate activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"

Both parties to conflict in Donbas involved in war crimes – Amnesty International
News - 24 February 2016

Both parties to conflict in Donbas involved in war crimes – Amnesty International

Both parties to the conflict in Donbas are involved in the war crimes, in particular in torture of the captives

Disappearances of people in Crimea investigated ineffectively – human rights activists
News - 24 February 2016

Disappearances of people in Crimea investigated ineffectively – human rights activists

There is no effective investigation into cases of suspected enforced disappearances in Russian-occupied Crimea

Former chief of Berkut police force hiding in Crimea – PGO
News - 22 February 2016

Former chief of Berkut police force hiding in Crimea – PGO

The majority of former Berkut officers, suspected of murders of the Euromaidan activists in 2014, is hiding in the territory of Russia now