temporarily occupied Crimea

Fines and imprisonments: How Crimeans are persecuted for the truth about the war in Ukraine and dissatisfaction with the occupation
Articles - 09 October 2023

Fines and imprisonments: How Crimeans are persecuted for the truth about the war in Ukraine and dissatisfaction with the occupation

Consideration of protocols on administrative offense for 'discrediting the Russian army's actions' in the illegal "courts" on the Crimean Peninsula is connected with systemic violations of main standards of access to fair justice, the Crimean Process claimed

Over the past two years, 10 mass detentions of Crimean Tatars registered in Crimea
News - 30 August 2023

Over the past two years, 10 mass detentions of Crimean Tatars registered in Crimea

Since the beginning of 2021, at least 10 mass detentions have occurred in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Most incidents occurred near the buildings of Russia’s government institutions

Political prisoner Rustem Seytmemetov’s health deteriorates
News - 23 August 2023

Political prisoner Rustem Seytmemetov’s health deteriorates

Zera and Rustem Seytmemetov’s daughters came to see him in prison No. 1 in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region, Russia. The youngest daughter, Beyan, has not seen her father since his arrest in 2020 when she was two and a half years old. Now the girl is six

Crimean Human Rights initiative sounds alarm over decreasing healthcare for civilians in occupied Crimea
News - 14 August 2023

Crimean Human Rights initiative sounds alarm over decreasing healthcare for civilians in occupied Crimea

According to Qirim Gayesi, the maintenance of healthcare institutions has been severely compromised since the onset of the Russian invasion. Heads of medical institutions in Crimea were instructed to send surgeons and surgical nurses to the Ministry of Defense of the occupying country

Crimean political prisoner Dmytro Shtyblikov is kept isolated
News - 08 August 2023

Crimean political prisoner Dmytro Shtyblikov is kept isolated

Human rights defenders recall that on November 8, 2021, Dmytro Shtyblikov was to be released after serving a five-year sentence

The health of political prisoner Zevri Abseitov has significantly deteriorated
News - 03 August 2023

The health of political prisoner Zevri Abseitov has significantly deteriorated

Fatma Abseitova, Zevri’s wife, visited her husband with their children in Stavropol colony No. 1 in the village of Kochubeevskoye in the Russian Federation

Russian occupying forces in Crimea detained 66 Crimean Tatars since January 2023
News - 26 July 2023

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
Articles - 18 July 2023

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
News - 18 July 2023

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
News - 06 July 2023

Health condition of a Crimean political prisoner Volodymyr Dudka deteriorates

Volodymyr Dudka is 58 years old, seven of which he spent in pre-trial detention centers and colonies in the Russian Federation. The man suffers from stomach ulcers, hypertension, skin rash, prostate adenoma, and urolithiasis

Occupation authorities in Ukrainian Crimea accused of using administrative resources to justify Russia’s war
News - 25 June 2023

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
Columns - 22 June 2023

A letter from unfreedom. Read a message from Bogdan Ziza, an artist and a Crimean political prisoner

According to human rights defenders, Russian occupying forces hold over 100 abducted Ukrainians, primarily civilians from the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Civilian hostages are allegedly kept in the pre-trial detention center No.2 in Simferopol, the center of the Crimean peninsula

European human rights court will review a complaint on the illegal detention of a Crimean journalist Iryna Danylovych
News - 21 June 2023

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
News - 20 June 2023

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
News - 19 June 2023

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

Moscow court detained Crimean Tatar Leniie Umerova, who traveled to her cancer-stricken father in the temporarily occupied Crimea, on ‘espionage’ charges.
News - 05 May 2023

Moscow court detained Crimean Tatar Leniie Umerova, who traveled to her cancer-stricken father in the temporarily occupied Crimea, on ‘espionage’ charges.

According to the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the girl did not even have time to finish her previous administrative detention, when she was abducted by the FSB and taken to Moscow, to the Lefortovo detention center

Qirim Gayesi: Russian-installed law enforcement agencies threatened and attacked іndependent lawyers in temporarily occupied Crimea in 2022
News - 26 April 2023

Qirim Gayesi: Russian-installed law enforcement agencies threatened and attacked іndependent lawyers in temporarily occupied Crimea in 2022

From the first days of the invasion, Russian-installed law enforcement agencies began unofficially threatening lawyers that they would be subjected to martial law. Later, a series of attacks ensued, including the arrest of lawyers, disbarment, and blocking of their mobile connections

Russian forces continue to violate the property rights of Ukrainians in temporarily occupied Crimea, flouting the Geneva Convention – Crimean human rights defenders
News - 18 April 2023

Russian forces continue to violate the property rights of Ukrainians in temporarily occupied Crimea, flouting the Geneva Convention – Crimean human rights defenders

The confiscation of properties violates international law and highlights the ongoing aggressive policies of the Russian occupiers