"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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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