Dear Volodymyr Oleksandrovych, We, the relatives of Kremlin’s hostages held in the Russian Federation, in the occupied Crimea and Donbas, as well as human rights defenders concerned about the fate of Kremlin-held Ukrainians, would like…
Ukrainian human rights experts have prepared the third edition of ‘Peninsula of Fear: Five Years of Non-Freedom in Crimea’. The book, based on consolidating a number of facts and recreating a chronology of occupying Crimea…
Mr Volodymyr Balukh has not been released from the punishment cell of the 4th Penal Colony in Torzhok Town, Tver Region, Russia, yet. This has become known after his sister – Nadezhda – contacted the…
Yesterday, on April 24th, presidium of the ‘Supreme Court of Crimea’ considered a cassational representation of the local ‘prosecutor’s office’. A deputy prosecutor asked for cancelling an appeal resolution of the ‘Supreme Court’ of Crimea…
The ‘Supreme Court’ of Crimea has started considering on the merits the case of Mr Konstantin Davydenko, charged by Russia with spying for Ukraine. The first court session was planned for April 22nd 2019, but…
About 2,800 residents of the occupied Crimea will be sent to serve in the RF Armed Forces upon the 2019 Spring draft campaign results. This was said by Mr Roman Bykov, a representative of the…
Mr Volodymyr Balukh, a Ukrainian political prisoner, was placed in the punishment cell of the 4th Penal Colony (Torzhok Town, RF) on April 4th, and he will stay there till April 19th. This has been…
‘Sevastopol City Court’ sentenced Mr. Vladimir Dudka and Mr. Aleksey Bessarabov, accused under the fake ‘Ukrainian Commandos’ case, to 14 years’ imprisonment each, with serving in the high security penal colony, as Mr Ilya Kavernikov,…
The State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor published a report on the situation with human rights in Crimea for 2018. The report includes data of the Crimean Human Rights Group. After the…
20 February 2019 marks the 5th year of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. On this day, it is important to speak not just of countering the aggressor state, but also of protecting the victims of…
Ukrainian NGOs dealing with observance of human rights on the occupied territories are deeply concerned about the situation with Mr Edem Bekirov, a Crimean Tatar activist and a Ukrainian national. He was detained at the…
We, the undersigned Ukrainian NGOs, are highly concerned at information published by the Russian media indicating that the Russian Ministry of Justice calls for Crimean human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov to be expelled from de…
