enforced disappearances
From “soft power” to torture chambers: patterns of Russia’s seizure of new states based on Ukraine’s experience
ZMINA summarised the main highlights and recommendations included in the Special Report on the situation in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation
In occupied Sevastopol, security forces kidnapped Serhii Hryshchenkov, there has been no information about him for several weeks
Russia's FSB officers forcibly disappeared Crimean resident, Serhii Hryshchenkov
The Ombudsman received over 1,300 complaints about shortcomings in the system of state protection of civilians released from captivity
Civilians released from Russian captivity are unaware of and do not use forms of social support from the Ukrainian state
Ukrainian police received 416 reports of torture of Kremlin detainees in occupied territories in 2024 – Ombudsman
The National Police of Ukraine have initiated criminal proceedings regarding the enforced disappearance and deprivation of liberty of 204 civilians in the occupied territories
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has called for human rights issues to remain on the agenda of peace negotiations
O'Flaherty suggests that representatives of Ukrainian civil society, whose credibility among citizens is higher than that of the parliament, should be at the negotiating table
Number of missing women rising in Crimea – “Crimea SOS”
"Crimea SOS" emphasizes that enforced disappearances constitute a gross violation of human rights and are used by the occupying administration as a means of intimidating the local population
Russia bears responsibility for the occupied territories – Amnesty International Ukraine
While preparing the report, representatives of Amnesty International Ukraine conducted over 100 interviews with former prisoners of war and their family members. They shared their experiences, memories, and interactions with state and non-governmental organisations
Crimea SOS reports 66 cases of enforced disappearances in Crimea since Russia’s attempt of annexation
The latest victim of enforced disappearances, according to Yaroshenko, was the editor-in-chief of the Crimean Tatar children's magazine "Armanchyq," Ediye Muslimova, who was abducted on November 21, 2024
Abductions: from sensation to routine. How the practice of enforced disappearances has changed in the occupied Crimea
Enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and politically motivated prosecutions in the occupied Crimea have become the routine. This statement was made by human rights defenders at a session of the UN Human Rights Council last week.
“Broken ribs have already healed, so there’s no point”: what civilians face after captivity and torture to get money and help
ZMINA talked about this with several former prisoners who were abducted during the occupation of Kherson, as well as Olena Belyachkova, coordinator of the groups of families of POWs and missing persons at Media Initiative for Human Rights.
“It’s 7-8 kilometres here”: school principal in Kherson region forced by occupiers to swim across Dnipro because he did not want to cooperate
He shared his story with ZMINA about the pressure on teachers during the occupation and how he managed to survive and escape with his family.
Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People: Sixteen persons gone missing, eleven considered dead in occupied Crimea
Sixteen persons have gone missing and eleven are considered to be dead for the period of occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Russian human rights activists search for Sentsov
Members of the Russian Association of Independent Observers Nikolai Shchur and Tatyana Shchur have started to search for a colony which Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was transferred to
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
Activists launch online campaign in support of captives in Donbas
They demand to release the captives held by DPR/LPR terrorist groups regardless of performance of other provisions of the Minsk Agreements
Law enforcement agencies receive almost 140 complaints for four months of Crimea blockade
Of this number, 15 complaints were entered in the unified register of pre-trial investigations
16-year-old Crimean Tatar girl gone missing in occupied Crimea
She went for studies yesterday and did not come back
Crimean prosecutor’s office investigating 30 missing person cases
The prosecutors took into account the appeal of MP Mustafa Dzhemilev about the disappearance of 20 Crimean Tatars
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