temporarily occupied Crimea
“Part of Russia’s genocide policy”: Ukrainian Foreign Ministry condemned Putin’s decree ordering Ukrainians to leave occupied territories and Russia
Tykhyy emphasized that this decree continues Russia's systematic violation of fundamental international legal norms, breaching at least three international legal documents
Russians illegally detain Crimean activist Yunus Masharipov in a psychiatric hospital for five years
Russian security forces also use compulsory psychiatric treatment and commitment to psychiatric hospitals to persecute Crimean Tatars in temporarily occupied Crimea
Blind political prisoner Oleksandr Sizikov sent to tuberculosis hospital for examination
Sizikov has been using a blood pressure monitor more frequently, indicating that he has high blood pressure. Doctors prescribed him medication for hypertension and promised to provide him with the pills he brought with him
Trump must remember those Ukrainian prisoners dying in Russia – Nobel winner Matviichuk to US President
Matviichuk considers it abnormal when politicians talk about elections, minerals and concessions, but not about people. In her opinion, the human dimension must be returned to the negotiations. This must be done to stop the war and the loss of life
Russian occupiers have sent the case of Crimean Tatar Charaz Akimov to the ‘supreme Court,’ in occupied Crimea where it will be heard behind closed doors
The "Tribunal" recalled that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, at a meeting of the FSB board, called for "seriously strengthening" the work of counterintelligence. In this regard, as noted in the report, an "abnormal increase in the number of criminal cases" on charges of espionage, treason and "confidential cooperation" is expected, as well as an acceleration of the pace of their "solving."
The occupational authority in Crimea confessed plans to confiscate another 720 properties, constituting a war crime
Among the nationalised objects are the Crimean Brewery, the facilities of the Nemo Dolphinarium in Feodosia, Sudak and Alushta, Saki Mineral Waters, the Zeleny Cape Sanatorium and Resort Complex, the property of Lviv businessman Oleh Genshaft and former MP and Ombudsman for human rights Lyudmyla Denisova
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
11 years of oppression and repression: how human rights in occupied Crimea are approaching zero
Read about the events, figures and trends in the field of human rights in the temporarily occupied territory in the overview material dedicated to the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of Crimea
“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
Columns
We cannot allow war to become humanity’s everyday reality again
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a classic neo-colonial war for the enslavement of an entire people
Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance
“Sharper than physical pain – the feeling of helplessness”: speech of the imprisoned journalist
