political prisoners
Russian occupying forces in Crimea detained 66 Crimean Tatars since January 2023
Crimean human rights activists recorded 140 cases of arrests on the peninsula, 93 of which were against members of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people. There were also 37 searches, 29 of them in the homes of Crimean Tatars
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
Political prisoner Server Mustafayev shares about poor conditions in Russian prison and lack of medical aid
Maye Mustafayeva and her and Server’s children, eight-year-old Yusuf and five-year-old Naji visited the political prisoner in Tambov prison. The family was allowed to come for an extended three-day visit from July 3 to 6
Health condition of a Crimean political prisoner Volodymyr Dudka deteriorates
The health condition of the Crimean political prisoner Volodymyr Dudka is deteriorating. Russian occupying forces do not provide him with medical care, according to Ilya Dudka, the son of Volodymyr Dudka. Ilya shared this news with the Association of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin, a Ukrainian non-profit organization that supports family members of political prisoners held […]
A letter from unfreedom. Read a message from Bogdan Ziza, an artist and a Crimean political prisoner
The artist and Kremlin political prisoner Bogdan Ziza received 15 years of imprisonment by a Russian court for splashing a door of the municipality with blue and yellow paint in Yevpatoria, a city in the Western part of occupied Crimea. On June 10, he began a hunger strike. ZMINA received a letter from Bogdan Ziza […]
European human rights court will review a complaint on the illegal detention of a Crimean journalist Iryna Danylovych
For almost ten days, Danylovych’s family did not know about her whereabouts, and she did not have any access to a lawyer
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
In Crimea a new criminal case was opened against Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh
Head of the Rozdolnensky isolator filed a complaint
“Crimean saboteur” Zakhtiy could have admitted his guilt under tortures – human rights defender
This is not the first such case in the practice of Russian investigation against Ukrainian political prisoners
Court in Moscow Extended Sushchenko’s Detention for Another 3 Months
Ukrainian journalist managed to communicate with political prisoner
In Russia Ruslan Zeytullayev sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime colony
As reported by lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, today Ruslan will stop his hunger strike
Journalist of UNIAN and a cameraman of “1+1” TV channel detained in Moscow
Postgraduate student, who hanged out Ukrainian flag, was also detained with journalists
Families of Ukrainian political prisoners ask the EU to impose new sanctions against Russia
Urgent debate on the topic of political prisoners and situation in Crimea
FSB refused to attach statement of Ukrainian Intelligence to Sushchenko case
As reported by Mark Feygin, the lawyer of the journalist
Stanislav Klykh heavily bears relocation to colony – lawyer
Stanislav Klykh was visited by a local lawyer in the SIZO-3 of Chelyabinsk
In Moscow court extended arrest of Sushchenko until April 30
As reported by lawyer Feygin
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..."
Russia refused Dunja Mijatovic to visit Sushchenko
Russians called the detention of Sushchenko "does not relate to his professional activity" and assured that the journalist receives all the procedural powers under the criminal law
Columns
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
Liberia demands Russia immediately halt aggression and restore Crimea to Ukraine
