Mass Mobilization in Kerch
On September 23, mobilized people were being sent to the Russian army in Kerch from the military registration and enlistment office on Sverdlov Street. According to a CHRG monitor, at least 6 ‘Z’ marked buses…
8 Houses of Jehovah’s Witnesses Searched in Crimea
On September 28, at 8 houses of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the settlements of Nizhnegorskiy and Krasnogvardeyskoye as well as in the village of Petrovka were searched in Crimea. According to the organization, Mr.Sergey Parfenovich aged…
Hate speech in online media covering events in Crimea
The Crimean human rights group presents an informational and analytical report on the situation with the spread of hate speech in Russian-language online media, which regularly cover the armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian…
General Staff: 139 Crimeans Died in War Against Ukraine, 22 More – in Captivity
139 Crimeans died in the war against Ukraine, 22 Crimeans more are in captivity. This was stated by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Oleksandr Kyrylenko…
Statement of Human Rights Organizations Regarding Conviction of Nariman Dzelial and the Akhtemov Brothers in Occupied Crimea
On September 21, 2022, the so-called “Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea” announced the conviction of three Crimean political prisoners: Nariman Dzhelial, the first deputy of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, journalist…
A Crimean Sentenced to 8 Years in Penal Colony for Alleged Links With ‘Ukrainian Nationalists’
In the occupied Crimea, a resident of Alushta, Renat Naumov, was sentenced to 8 years in the colony for allegedly having links with “Ukrainian nationalists” and possession of weapons. According to the FSB, “at his…
Occupiers Convicted Nariman Dzhelial and the Akhtemov Brothers
The “Supreme Court of Crimea” convicted Nariman Dzhelial, the deputy of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, a politician and activist, a former journalist, and the Akhtemov brothers, Azan and Aziz, activists. Nariman Dzhelial…
FSB Detained A Local Resident in Crimea Who Allegedly ‘Was Preparing to Assassinate” Kirill Stremousov, a “Minister” and a Collaborator
In Feodosia, the RF FSB detained a resident of the Sovietskiy District of Crimea for allegedly “preparing to assassinate” collaborator Kirill Stremousov, a “minister” and a so-called “deputy head of the administration of the Kherson…
7.5 Years in Colony Requested for Three ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’ in Sevastopol
The ‘Nakhimovskiy District Court’ of Sevastopol kept on considering a criminal case against three Jehovah’s Witnesses: Volodymyr Maladyka, Yevhen Zhukov and Volodymyr Sakada. The “prosecutor” requested for the defendants 7.5 years in custody with an…
Crimean Tatar Yashar Shykhametov Sentenced to 11 Years in Custody
The Southern Area Military Court in Rostov-na-Donu represented by presiding judge Aleksey Magomadov, sentenced cook Yashar Shykhametov to 11 years in custody on charges of terrorism. He will serve the first 4 years in prison,…
A Crimean Tatar Sentenced to 5 Years in Colony On Charges of Serving in Crimean Tatar Battalion
Ruslan Abdurakhmanov, citizen of Ukraine, was sentenced to 5 years in the maximum security regime penal colony for the alleged service in the“Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan”. The FSB reported that they…