temporarily occupied Crimea
OHCHR documented widespread practices of torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian civilian detainees by Russian armed forces
Of 38 released civilians (34 men, 4 women) interviewed by OHCHR in the mentioned period, 33 individuals reported having various forms of torture or ill-treatment inflicted on them while in detention, in order to force them to confess to having cooperated with the Ukrainian armed forces, to force them to cooperate with Russian armed forces or affiliated armed groups, or simply to intimidate them
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 Crimea a new criminal case was opened against Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh
Head of the Rozdolnensky isolator filed a complaint
In Crimea, law enforcers are searching the house of a large family from Bilohirsk district
One of the streets in Novoklenove village is blocked
In Crimea pro-Ukrainian activist Balukh is sentenced to 3 years and 7 months of imprisonment in the colony
The Ukrainian’s defense stated that the case against him was falsified and that the verdict will be appealed in higher instances
In Crimea law enforcers searched and detained a Crimean Tatar
Kurkchi Memetov is held in the remand prison in the Sovietskyi settlement
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
Trial against Umerov: lawyers justified the incompetence of experts from the FSB
According to the evidence, the expert had neither the right nor the ability to make an expert opinion
In the trial of Chiygoz the so-called senators of Crimea gave conflicting testimonies
The court has questioned Sergei Tsekov and Olga Kovitidi as witnesses
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
Preliminary trial of Umerov: judges rejected all motions
Thus, a motion was submitted to postpone the court hearing due to the absence of two lawyers
In the trial of Chiygoz, the defense filed a request for the interrogation of Chubarov
This request was a surprise for the judges
Crimean Tatars are detained in Bakhchysarai and Simferopol
Cars and people with national flags are being detained
Witness in “Chiygoz case” told who is actually behind the riots on February 26
Approximately at 12 am, five or six people with military bearings appeared at the pro-Russian rally, they were hiding unknown items, which resembled sticks, under their jackets...
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