On July 23, 2020, the “Armeniansk City Court” read the indictment on the “criminal case” against the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev. The case of Mr.Dzhemilev is being considered by the “judge”…
When entering the occupied peninsula, the FSB demands Crimeans to show a Russian passport. If a resident of Crimea travels without a Russian passport and has only Ukrainian one, the FSB Border Guard department staff…
The ‘Dzhankoy District Court’ dismissed Lutfiye Zudiyeva’s claims against the local police unit. The corresponding award was made by “judge” Elena Basova. The session was held without the attendance of the audience due to restrictions…
In Crimea, the “Dzhankoy District Court” began considering a claim of the Crimean Tatar activist Ms.Lutfiye Zudiyeva against the local “prosecutor’s office”. The defendant filed a petition to bring the “Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic…
On July 7th, 2020 representatives of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russian Federation conducted searches in occupied Crimea. This resulted in arrest of 7 individuals: Seyran Khayretdinov, Oleksandr Sizikov, Emil Ziyadinov, Ismet Ibrahimov, Alim…
Comparing to the previous monitoring the situation with the website blocking has become worse. The occupation authorities have blocked completely at least 4 major Ukrainian media websites. 8 providers in Crimea are completely blocking 30…
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…
The Crimean Human Rights Group presented a special rapporteur to the Commission on Human Rights on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations with a document that presented facts on persecuting religious organizations…
On June 25, 2020, a court session was held on “the case of Yunus Masharipov, a Crimean Tatar activist”, in the “Supreme Court” of Crimea. The panel of “judges”, chaired by Konstantin Karavayev, upheld the…
The “Supreme Court” of Crimea began to consider on merits a criminal case against Mr. Refat Chubarov, the Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people. Refat Chubarov is charged under RF CC Article…
Ms Irina Siedova, a Crimean Human Rights Group expert, reported the situation with the independent Ukrainian mass media in Crimea at the OSCE online session in Vienna on 23 June 2020. ‘Consistent sessions of monitoring…
On June 10, 2020, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detained Andrey Kuliyevich, a 20-year-old local resident, in Sevastopol. He is charged with RF CC Articles 205-1 and 280-1 (Preparation of act of…
