temporarily occupied Crimea

Klimkin asks ICRC to monitor conditions in Crimean prisons more carefully
News - 02 March 2016

Klimkin asks ICRC to monitor conditions in Crimean prisons more carefully

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to monitor conditions in the Crimean prisons more carefully.

Court of occupied Crimea takes four Crimean residents into custody
News - 12 February 2016

Court of occupied Crimea takes four Crimean residents into custody

The human rights activists believe that a new wave of reprisals against the Crimean Tatars has started in the Russian-occupied Crimea

Council of Europe mission visits Akhtem Chiygoz
News - 29 January 2016

Council of Europe mission visits Akhtem Chiygoz

They talked for about an hour and a half. They were assisted by an interpreter, offered by the occupying power of Crimea

CoE mission wants to attend hearing over case of February 26
News - 28 January 2016

CoE mission wants to attend hearing over case of February 26

The mission was invited to the court hearing by Nikolai Polozov

Russian court to consider appeal of Euromaidan activist Kostenko in February
News - 26 January 2016

Russian court to consider appeal of Euromaidan activist Kostenko in February

During the trial, the court refused to take into account the statements on torture and to interrogate witnesses

Electricity in Crimea used for war – Chubarov
News - 04 December 2015

Electricity in Crimea used for war – Chubarov

The occupation authority provides primarily military infrastructure with electricity, not the population, Refat Chubarov says

Ukrainian Parliament recognizes deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide
News - 12 November 2015

Ukrainian Parliament recognizes deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide

Mustafa Dzhemilev described this as "the first step towards the restoration of justice."

Oleh. “Crimea has always been a sought-after region. All years of Ukrainian independence”
Articles - 05 November 2015

Oleh. “Crimea has always been a sought-after region. All years of Ukrainian independence”

The conversations about #“Ukrainization” of Crimea were futile. It was impossible to find a postcard in Ukrainian for our Canadian friends in 1997-1998

Russia starts transferring detained activists from Crimea
News - 13 October 2015

Russia starts transferring detained activists from Crimea

Euromaidan activist Kostenko was taken to Russia without the chance to meet with his relatives.

Euromaidan activist Kostenko not treated after being tortured – human rights defenders
News - 28 September 2015

Euromaidan activist Kostenko not treated after being tortured – human rights defenders

The activist may become phycically challenged, if the prison administration does not give him medical treatment

Crimean Tatars continue preventing trucks with Ukrainian products from entering Crimea
News - 21 September 2015

Crimean Tatars continue preventing trucks with Ukrainian products from entering Crimea

The two-kilometer queue of trucks has been formed in Kherson region.

Crimean Tatars to block export of Ukrainian goods to Crimea
News - 08 September 2015

Crimean Tatars to block export of Ukrainian goods to Crimea

The representatives of the Crimean Tatars are going to launch the action "Civil blockade of Crimea."

Crimean victims of politically motivated persecutions
Articles - 04 September 2015

Crimean victims of politically motivated persecutions

The occupation authorities in Crimea use both legal and extralegal mechanisms to persecute activists.

Crimean Tatar leader to remain imprisoned on absurd charges
News - 28 May 2015

Crimean Tatar leader to remain imprisoned on absurd charges

Akhtem Chiygoz was first arrested on Jan 29, 2015, and his detention was recently extended for a further 2 months until June 30

Crimean Tatar Deportation Victims Commemorated on Maidan
News - 18 May 2015

Crimean Tatar Deportation Victims Commemorated on Maidan

Crimean Tatars gathered in Independence Square in Kyiv to commemorate the victims of the 1944 deportation. In Simferopol, participants of an auto rally in commemoration of the tragedy were detained

Whose ’mass provocation’? Crimean Tatar Deportation remembrance gathering banned
Articles - 09 May 2015

Whose ’mass provocation’? Crimean Tatar Deportation remembrance gathering banned

Just hours after threats from Crimea’s ‘prosecutor’ that Ukrainian ‘nationalists and radicals’ could expect to be jailed in Russian-occupied Crimea, claims have been made of ‘mass provocation’ planned around the anniversary of the 1944 Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People on May 18

Imprisoned Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader on hunger strike
Articles - 07 May 2015

Imprisoned Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader on hunger strike

Akhtem Chiygoz, Deputy Head of the Mejlis or Crimean Tatar representative assembly has gone on hunger strike in protest at being placed in a solitary confinement punishment cell

Crimean Tatars Will Commemorate Deportation Victims on Chatyr-Dag Mountain
News - 05 May 2015

Crimean Tatars Will Commemorate Deportation Victims on Chatyr-Dag Mountain

Crimean Tatar youth will climb to the top of Chatyr-Dag in order to commemorate the victims of the deportation. Participants will conduct a prayer and sing the national anthem