“Crimea: freedom of speech in the occupation” is an informational and analytical report on the persecution of journalists and bloggers on the territory of the Crimean peninsula
On August 8, 2020, the Government of Ukraine made a sudden decision for citizens to re-impose the previous restrictions in force in the spring on the crossing of checkpoints with Crimea.
The Russian Federation consistently discriminates Ukrainian citizens and persecutes those who are in the occupied territory without RF documents illegally issued in Crimea. The Russian authorities apply migration legislation to such Crimeans, which entails restrictions…
Today is June 26, International Day for the Support of Torture Victims. On this day in 1987, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was adopted. To date, the…
On June 14, the Ukrainian checkpoints with Crimea reopened, that means cancelling the previous checkpoints passing restrictions. This decision was made by the Ukrainian government on June 12. This happened, many Ukrainian nationals began to…
The Crimean Human Rights Group experts have collected and categorized the information on the citizenship of persons who award illegally judgements in Crimea. For the period of the occupation, 463 people were appointed to the…
For instance, on August 22nd the VESTI KRYM website published a file titled Bandera Regions of Ukraine Hate Crimea because of Great Envy. There is no proof for a word stated in the title. The…
A new RF draft law – no 608767-7 – gives the Russian authorities a free hand to introduce an Internet comprehensive censorship system in Crimea. On February 12th, 2019, the RF State Duma members passed…
For the period of occupation the RF has launched 7 army conscription campaigns for the Crimean residents. Drafting the occupied territory residents to the occupying power’s army constitutes a military crime, and the evidence of…
The occupation authorities have made the restrictions on freedom of peaceful assemblies on the territory of the Crimean peninsula far severer, applying unlawfully the repressive Russian laws for this purpose. The Crimean Human Rights Group…
After the occupation of Crimea the peninsula authorities de facto have been forcing local people to obtain a RF citizenship. Those Ukrainian residents who did not want or was not able to obtain the occupational…
LEGAL ANALYSIS of the draft Law “On Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine on Countering Threats to National Security in Information Sector,” registration № 6688 Produced by the FreeNet Ukraine Coalition The draft Law “On Amending…
