Bohdan Ziza
Crimean artist Bohdan Ziza was transferred from Vladimir Central Prison
In December 2025, it emerged that Bohdan’s health was deteriorating in Russian captivity
Resistance gone underground: How occupation punishes dissent
In this article, we also examine how the intensity and nature of persecution have evolved over time, comparing the situation following the sharp rise in repression in 2022 with how this system of pressure operates today
Zelenskyy pleads for Muslim nations to lead efforts in freeing Crimean Tatars and other political prisoners illegally detained by Russia
Zelenskyy emphasised the need for pressure on Russia from all partners to establish a proper exchange system based on the principle of "everyone for everyone." Zelenskyy pointed out that, based on previous experience, releasing political prisoners has been extremely challenging
A decade of repressions: Crimean Tatars and Ukrainains targeted in Russia’s brutal crackdown on dissent
Amnesty International stated that with international crimes, Russia has attempted to change the ethnic makeup of Crimea while suppressing non-Russian identities on the peninsula, including through restricting education in Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages, attacking religious minorities, stifling media and culture, as well as undermining representative institutions and abusing the criminal justice system
A letter from unfreedom. Read a message from Bohdan Ziza, an artist and a Crimean political prisoner
According to human rights defenders, Russian occupying forces hold over 100 abducted Ukrainians, primarily civilians from the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Civilian hostages are allegedly kept in the pre-trial detention center No.2 in Simferopol, the center of the Crimean peninsula
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