temporarily occupied Crimea
There will be no lasting peace without liberation of Crimea – Mejlis Chairman Refat Chubarov
The Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov stated that any proposals for Ukraine to cede its territories must be rejected. He stressed that without the liberation of Crimea, there can be no lasting peace that will ensure freedom and security for all Ukrainian citizens
“The number is not answering, but I can hear you”: A letter to a peer in occupation from a 10th grade student
ZMINA publishes a letter from a competition participant, 10th-grade student of Lozova Lyceum No. 1 in the Kharkiv region Sofia Bazai, who took third place
Ukrainian civil society organisations explain why Ukraine can’t hold elections during martial law
The NGOs reminded the readers that it is Russia’s unprovoked act of aggression against a sovereign state which makes holding presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine impossible
Moscow weaponizes terror laws against civilians in occupied Crimea – CrimeaSOS
Russian authorities began using the international terrorism article after February 24, 2022. This provision, introduced through the "Yarovaya anti-terrorist package" in 2016, serves as a tool to target pro-Ukrainian activists in newly occupied territories
ECHR reaffirms in ‘Novaya Gazeta and 161 Others v. Russia’ case: Sentences from Illegally сreated by Russia ‘сourts’ are unlawful
Russia has utilised these laws as a means of punishing real or perceived dissent against individuals who reside within the territories under its control, including the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula
Russia must not profit from seized Ukrainian resources – Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian president stated that it is fair to talk about helping to de-occupy territories because a simple ceasefire will only allow Russians to develop the captured resources
Illegal mobilisation sparks 574 criminal cases in occupied Crimea – Crimean Human Rights Group’s report
The Crimean human rights organisation hilighted that the Kremlin and occupation authorities in Crimea keep using targeted and prosecutorial methods to conscript the local population
Sanctions circumvention equals war participation – Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy: Violation of sanctions must be treated as complicity in war
Russians killed eleven civilians in airstrike on an apartment building in Sumy (updated)
The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that the number of fatalities has risen to nine, with 14 people being injured
Why it is important to compile a blacklist of officials involved in human rights violations in Crimea
Through politically motivated persecutions, arbitrary imprisonment in trumped-up criminal cases, illegal house searches and trials in the occupied Crimea, deportations of political prisoners and ignoring their situation in detention, Russia systematically violates its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law
German political scientist and historian Andreas Umland warns of security risks for countries in Africa, South America and Asia due to Russia’s war against Ukraine
In his lecture, Dr Andreas Umland explains why he considers the global security order to be endangered by the war in Ukraine
Environmental disaster in Kerch Strait: Russian forces hinder cleanup efforts in temporarily occupied Crimea – human rights advocate
After the Ukrainian military successfully landed special forces on Crimea's western shore in 2023, the Russian military built a defence barrier and prohibited local residents and tourists from going to the majority of the beaches in the area
Crimea SOS reports 66 cases of enforced disappearances in Crimea since Russia’s attempt of annexation
The latest victim of enforced disappearances, according to Yaroshenko, was the editor-in-chief of the Crimean Tatar children's magazine "Armanchyq," Ediye Muslimova, who was abducted on November 21, 2024
After the rain always comes the rainbow: a letter from a 9th grader in Luhansk Oblast to a peer in occupation
I am deeply sorry that our city is occupied, or as some residents say – "liberated." If you think about it: liberated from what? From civilized life?!
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine outlines timeline for second Peace Summit
Tykhyy emphasised that Ukraine's Peace Formula remains the cornerstone of its vision for a just resolution to the war
Ukrainian activist Iryna Horobtsova, who has brain aneurysm, denied treatment at Simferopol pre-trial detention center No. 1
Olena Korniy reveals that her sister had been diagnosed with a brain aneurysm before Russia's full-scale invasion. Recently, fellow inmates helped Horobtsova during a severe cardiac episode, when she lay curled up in pain. Medical staff ignored her requests for assistance
Ukraine ready to resume relations with Syria – Kyiv
Sybiha published a remark on the fall of Assad's rule, stating that "the events in Syria demonstrate the weakness of the Putin regime, which is unable to fight on two fronts and abandons its closest allies in order to continue the aggression against Ukraine."
More than 60 Crimean political prisoners are already in need of urgent medical care: How to solve this problem
The main problem that political prisoners face behind bars is that they are systematically denied medical care; in particular, prisoners with disabilities, the elderly, and those who have chronic diseases or have been tortured and have acquired serious illnesses as a result of inhuman conditions of detention, ZMINA human rights advocate Viktoria Nesterenko states
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“I hear your anger, your dreams and your hope”: a letter to a peer under occupation from a 10th grader from the Kherson region
No one should ever be allowed to violate the rights of indigenous peoples
What does just peace mean for Ukraine and why does Crimea remain a fundamental issue?
“The number is not answering, but I can hear you”: A letter to a peer in occupation from a 10th grade student
