Emir-Useyin Kuku
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
In Crimea detained human rights defender Kuku is not allowed to visit his relatives
The defense believes that this one of the forms of applying pressure
Simferopol Detention Center has inhumane conditions of detention, 10 people died in a year – human rights defenders
“Guys said that there are wool and leather floating in the soup..."
“Court” in Crimea decided to leave two Crimean Muslims in custody
The “court” rejected the appeal of Vadym Siruk and Emir-Useyin Kuku.
Occupation authorities have relocated Kuku from psychiatry hospital to detention centre
Human rights defender spent almost 11 months in detention and one months he spent in a psychiatric hospital
Ukrainian lawyer Zakrevska banned from entering Crimea
Russian border guards did not allow Ukrainian lawyer and human rights activist Yevheniya Zakrevska to enter the territory of the annexed Crimea
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More than 60 Crimean political prisoners are already in need of urgent medical care: How to solve this problem
Ukrainian parliament appeals for NATO membership as foundation for lasting peace
Ukraine rejects “pacifying the aggressor” as a path to peace
“Appeasement never works”: Lessons from Bosnia’s post-war justice
