Review on the human rights situation in Crimea in February 2020

The Crimean Human Rights Group presents to your attention the Brief Review on the human rights situation in Crimea in February 2020
The Crimean Human Rights Group presents to your attention the Brief Review on the human rights situation in Crimea in February 2020
This morning, March 11, 2020, seven houses of Crimean Muslims in Bakhchisarai and the Bakhchisarai district were searched in Crimea. One of the searches was in the house of Mrs. Zenie Seitmemetova, the 76-year-old living…
In February the Crimean Human Rights Group documented 8 new criminal cases of Crimean residents for evading the military service in the Russian Federation Armed Forces. These are: 6 cases in the ‘Leninsky District Court…
Ms Olga Skrypnyk, the head of the Crimean Human Rights Group, made a speech on March 6, 2020 at a meeting of the UN Security Council under the Arria formula. The human rights expert told…
On March 5, 2020, the Dzhankoy District Court found Mr Sergey Filatov guilty of creating a branch of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization (RF CC Article 282.2-1) and sentenced him unlawfully to 6 years in…
‘The Yalta Town Court’ sentenced Mr Artiom Gerasimov, a Yalta Town resident, to a penalty of RUR400,000 (about UAH150,000) for establishing the ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious association in the town. The verdict was rendered by “judge”…
On March 3, 2020, the ‘Yalta Town Court’ decided to place Crimean activist Yunus Masharipov in the mental hospital for intreatment under an intensified monitoring. The defense of the Crimeans will appeal this decision. The…