repressions in Crimea
Occupation authorities in Ukrainian Crimea accused of using administrative resources to justify Russia’s war
The occupying authorities regularly receive plans to collect "voluntary" aid for the Russian military, which are often funded by Crimean entrepreneurs. Representatives of businesses fear to disapprove of the imposed support for the Russian army due to potential repercussions from occupying bodies
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
Human rights crisis in occupied Crimea: wave of persecution targeted voices against Russia and its war in 2022
Crimean human rights defenders characterized the crackdown on dissent in the occupied Crimean Peninsula as part of a broader campaign by the Russian authorities to silence all opposition to their policies in the region
Russian occupying forces detained at least 18 Crimeans to check their involvement in subversive actions during the last months
Human rights defenders in Crimea suspect that the number of enforced kidnappings and detentions among Crimean Tatars, in fact, is much higher. People may conceal these incidents, fearing further repressions
Russia has unduly restricted the right to freedom of opinion and expression in temporarily occupied Crimea since full-scale war against Ukraine – OHCHR
OHCHR has documented the prosecution of 89 individuals in temporarily occupied Crimea for “public actions directed at discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation” since the legislation was introduced in March 2022
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
In July-August, the authorities of occupied Crimea imprisoned 9 Ukrainians for political reasons
In addition, 6 administrative fines were issued and the searches and detentions became more frequent
In Crimea, law enforcers are searching the house of a large family from Bilohirsk district
One of the streets in Novoklenove village is blocked
Human rights defenders named 20 people, who are involved in persecution of activist Balukh and demand to impose sanctions against them
An appeal to the governments of the world's leading countries, in particular, Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan
The presentation of the “Rozstrilny Calendar” of Stalin’s repressions was canceled due to author’s participation in the Equality March
Those, who demanded to cancel the event, introduced themselves as members of Svoboda political party
Deputy of the local council from the Svoboda political party called dark-skinned students “cockroaches”
As reminded by an expert, this particular word was used to stir up large-scale genocide in Rwanda
Dark-skinned students attacked in Lutsk
Students are afraid of new manifestations of aggression, since attackers have shouted: “Black men!”, which indicates the racist nature of the attack
Chiygoz’s judges refuse to attach the report of human rights defenders to the case
Chiygoz challenged the court once again...
In Sevastopol a man was sent to the colony for a publication in social networks
Emil Minasov was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months of imprisonment
Arrest of four defendants in the Bakhchysarai “Hizb ut-Tahrir case” is extended until September 12
The court hearing and the announcement of the decision took place in a closed session
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 Crimea the court extended term of arrest for three defendants in the case of “saboteurs” until September 8
Ukrainians have already spent 8 months behind bars
Columns
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
