tortures in Crimea

More than 60 Crimean political prisoners are already in need of urgent medical care: How to solve this problem
Columns - 04 December 2024

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

Kremlin’s forgotten political prisoners in Crimea: Human rights advocates urge global focus on Ukrainian hostages at the Crimea Platform
Articles - 23 September 2024

Kremlin’s forgotten political prisoners in Crimea: Human rights advocates urge global focus on Ukrainian hostages at the Crimea Platform

In this article, ZMINA reveals what was debated on the sidelines of the summit, the potential prerequisites for peace, the scale of the crisis involving Crimeans persecuted by Russia, and why raising awareness is crucial to achieving justice

Illegitimate “court” in occupied Crimea sentences Hurzuf resident to 13 years for alleged “high treason”
News - 23 August 2024

Illegitimate “court” in occupied Crimea sentences Hurzuf resident to 13 years for alleged “high treason”

The illegitimate “prosecutor's office” report provided no details of the case

A decade of repressions: Crimean Tatars and Ukrainains targeted in Russia’s brutal crackdown on dissent
News - 22 March 2024

A decade of repressions: Crimean Tatars and Ukrainains targeted in Russia’s brutal crackdown on dissent

Amnesty International stated that with international crimes, Russia has attempted to change the ethnic makeup of Crimea while suppressing non-Russian identities on the peninsula, including through restricting education in Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages, attacking religious minorities, stifling media and culture, as well as undermining representative institutions and abusing the criminal justice system

Reclaiming Crimea: the path to restoration and unity
Columns - 24 October 2023

Reclaiming Crimea: the path to restoration and unity

All foreigners or stateless persons who have settled in the occupied Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine have deliberately committed a crime and must immediately leave Crimea, Refat Chubarov says

Human rights activists have no access to Panov, arrested in Crimea
News - 12 August 2016

Human rights activists have no access to Panov, arrested in Crimea

Human rights activists have no access to Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Panov, who was arrested by FSB in Crimea