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Court to consider Dzhemilev’s lawsuit against FSB in two weeks
News - 01 April 2016

Court to consider Dzhemilev’s lawsuit against FSB in two weeks

April 14, a Russian court will consider the lawsuit filed by leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev appealing against the ban on entry to the occupied Crimea

Maidan activist Kolomiets may be sentenced to 20 years in prison
News - 31 March 2016

Maidan activist Kolomiets may be sentenced to 20 years in prison

The trial in case of Maidan activist Andriy Kolomiets continues in Simferopol. He is accused of assassination of two former Berkut special riot police officers during the protests in Kyiv

Crimean drivers to be punished for Ukrainian number plates
News - 29 March 2016

Crimean drivers to be punished for Ukrainian number plates

The prosecutor’s office of the Russian de facto authorities in Crimea has developed the procedure for holding liable the drivers for not changing Ukrainian number plates into Russian ones before April 1

EU Delegation slams Ukrainian bill on special confiscation
News - 28 March 2016

EU Delegation slams Ukrainian bill on special confiscation

The EU Delegation to Ukraine has slammed the bill on special confiscation of property (No. 4057), passed by the lawmakers in the first reading

Russia recognizes Ukrainian citizenship of Sentsov, Kolchenko
News - 24 March 2016

Russia recognizes Ukrainian citizenship of Sentsov, Kolchenko

Russia has officially recognized that political prisoners Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko are the citizens of Ukraine

A hundred armed men come to demolish houses of Crimean Tatars in Sudak
News - 23 March 2016

A hundred armed men come to demolish houses of Crimean Tatars in Sudak

About a hundred armed men came to Alchak residential area in Sudak (Crimea), where they planned to demolish six houses of Crimean Tatars

Houses of Kurultai delegates in Crimea searched
News - 22 March 2016

Houses of Kurultai delegates in Crimea searched

Russian law enforcement officers searched the house of head of the Kurman regional Mejlis Uchkun Devletshaev

41 UN countries condemn human rights violations in Crimea
News - 22 March 2016

41 UN countries condemn human rights violations in Crimea

41 UN countries have condemned the systematic human rights violations and abuses by the Russian authorities in the occupied Crimea

Judge decides to arrest Chiygoz ‘for indefinite term’ – lawyer
News - 11 March 2016

Judge decides to arrest Chiygoz ‘for indefinite term’ – lawyer

The lawyer of Ahtem Chiygoz, the key defendant in the "case of February 26" filed the motion to challenge the judge, but the court rejected it

Defendants in ‘case of February 26’ held in detention without court ruling – lawyer
News - 10 March 2016

Defendants in ‘case of February 26’ held in detention without court ruling – lawyer

Defendants in the "case of February 26" Ahtem Chiygoz, Ali Asanov and Mustafa Degermendzhi are unlawfully held in detention for two days already

Does ‘Savchenko’s law’ really free murderers and rapists?
Columns - 29 February 2016

Does ‘Savchenko’s law’ really free murderers and rapists?

Зrior to this lawб the penitentiary service released on parole half of the convicts in 2015 - more than 10,000!

Inter TV channel complains about pressure to Poroshenko
News - 26 February 2016

Inter TV channel complains about pressure to Poroshenko

The representatives claim that the activists of the Azov Civil Corps exert pressure on the journalists

DPR militants free volunteer Maryna Cherenkova
News - 22 February 2016

DPR militants free volunteer Maryna Cherenkova

Maryna had been "deported" from the territory under control of the “DPR” illegal armed groups

Poroshenko signs law allowing to register children in Crimea
News - 19 February 2016

Poroshenko signs law allowing to register children in Crimea

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the law No. 3771, which amends the Civil Code of Ukraine

300,000 citizens with disabilities living in DPR/LPR – President’s Commissioner Sushkevych
News - 18 February 2016

300,000 citizens with disabilities living in DPR/LPR – President’s Commissioner Sushkevych

71,085 internally displaced persons with disabilities have been registered in Ukraine

Another scandal in Lviv – a guy with cerebral palsy not allowed into Sport Life club because of ‘unsanitary conditions’
News - 16 February 2016

Another scandal in Lviv – a guy with cerebral palsy not allowed into Sport Life club because of ‘unsanitary conditions’

The employees of the Sport Life fitness club in Lviv refused to sell a club card to a man with cerebral palsy because he "will create unsanitary conditions"

About ten searches taking place in Crimea today – lawyer
News - 12 February 2016

About ten searches taking place in Crimea today – lawyer

Currently, there are no comments of the Russian law enforcement authorities of Crimea concerning new searches on the peninsula

FSB detains member of Crimean Contact Group on Human Rights
News - 11 February 2016

FSB detains member of Crimean Contact Group on Human Rights

The reasons for searches and detentions are unknown