Mejlis
No compromise on Crimea: Mejlis warns against false peace in Ukraine through territorial concessions
Speaking on behalf of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people, the Mejlis insists that any official negotiations to end the Russian-Ukrainian war must be predicated on restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders
Ukraine rejects “pacifying the aggressor” as a path to peace
Refat Chubarov urged continued use of the Ukrainian Peace Formula to increase political and diplomatic pressure on dictator Putin and his supporters
Crimea Platform experts сall for massive expansion of Russia sanctions: 1,300 military companies still active
The expert emphasised the importance of strengthening sanctions policies at the parliamentary level and urged for enhanced cooperation with countries across other continents to support sanctions against Russia
When in doubt, stand with the victim, not the aggressor
Szymon Hołownia stressed that the Russian occupation of Crimea violates international law, and the world must not stay silent in the face of this crime. Hołownia urged the international community to continue supporting Ukraine, as resilience and solidarity are crucial to achieving peace and security
80 Years of Pain: Ukraine calls for recognition of 1944 Crimean Tatar genocide on 80th anniversary
ZMINA explains how the deportation of Crimean Tatars took place, what the Ukrainian parliament is calling for, and why it is important
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
CrimeaSOS calls for sanctions against Russian and illegitimate judges in occupied Crimea for violations of the right to a fair trial in fabricated criminal cases against Ukrainian citizens
Crimea SOS emphasizes that Russian judges and illegal “judges” in the temporarily occupied Crimea shall be held liable for the abovementioned violations within the Ukrainian jurisdiction, the International Criminal Court or under the mechanism of universal jurisdiction and shall be subjected to personal sanctions
Reclaiming Crimea: the path to restoration and unity
All foreigners or stateless persons who have settled in the occupied Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine have deliberately committed a crime and must immediately leave Crimea, Refat Chubarov says
Gafarov-Shyring list: how Russia is killing political prisoners in Crimea
Tetyana Pechonchyk emphasized the importance of publicizing information about political prisoners. In her opinion, it is essential to tell the stories of illegally imprisoned Ukrainian citizens, spread them on social media and abroad, put pressure on Russia, initiate new resolutions of the European Parliament, and raise issues at the level of the OSCE and UN bodies so that Ukrainian citizens, political prisoners at risk with complex diseases, are released first and unconditionally
Over 30 citizens of Ukraine are persecuted for participation in the Noman Çelebicihan Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion
ZMINA discusses below one form of political persecution in the temporarily occupied territories, which includes cases related to the Noman Çelebicihan Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion
How independent lawyers are ‘silenced’ in Crimea
This article is about the charges brought against lawyers, the course of their trials, and the consequences these prosecutions will lead to
Chiygoz’s judges refuse to attach the report of human rights defenders to the case
Chiygoz challenged the court once again...
Only one person from more than 200 interrogated testified against Chiygoz in the court – Polozov
Even members of the “people’s militia” have not testified against Chiygoz
In occupied Crimea the court extended the term of arrest of Chiygoz for additional three months
The panel of judges led by Victor Zinkovyi ignored the statement of lawyer Oleksandr Lisovuy about the fact that detention based only on the gravity of charges contradicts the recommendations and practice of the European Court of Human Rights
Dying mother of Chiygoz must visit him in the SIZO herself – the decision of the Crimean authorities
Lawyer Polozov called this situation a blasphemy
MFA demands from Russia to allow Chiygoz to meet his ill mother
Mother of Akhtem Chiygoz is at death
In the trial of Chiygoz, the defense filed a request for the interrogation of Chubarov
This request was a surprise for the judges
In Crimea rallies against discrimination were banned
Refusal is deprived of any meaning whatsoever...
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