Review on the human rights situation in Crimea in June 2019
The Crimean Human Rights Group presents to your attention the Brief Review on the human rights situation in Crimea in June 2019
Persecution of Movenko: How pro-Ukrainian Position is Punished for in Crimea
Mr Igor Movenko, a Ukrainian activist, has been persecuted in Crimea for political reasons for more than 2 years. After the Ukrainian together with the family had left the peninsula, he told the Crimean Human…
10 Providers Blocking Completely 14 Ukrainian Information Websites in Crimea
Ten Crimean providers are completely blocking 14 Ukrainian information websites and 2 social networks. The same providers are blocking the websites of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. This is verified…
Crimean Sentenced to 6 Months in Penal Settlement for Paint on the Monument as Protest Against Occupation
Mr Maksim Sokurenko, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced to 6 months in the penal settlement for splashing a monument to the Russian military who conquered Crimea in 2014, with paint.
In Crimea Ukrainian Activist Oleg Prikhod’ko Called to Prosecutor’s Office
He was informed that a case of administrative offence under RF CoAO Article 20.3 (propaganda of symbols and attributes of extremist organizations) was to be initiated. This was reported to the Crimean Human Rights Group…
Nationality of Balukh – FSIN Referring to «Crimean Expert»
On June 10th 2019, when the Ukrainian was meeting his lawyer, Mr Volodymyr Balukh informed that in the Torzhok penal colony he had been presented – just for a while – a document regarding his…
«Children Parade» in Sevastopol with Military Equipment and Soviet Symbols
On May 19th representatives of the local authorities, the Russian military and Moscow Patriarchate priests were standing in lines on the steps in Sevastopol downtown. The occupying power representatives declared a ‘children parade’ dedicated to…
In Most Settlements of Northern Crimea Ukrainian FM Frequencies Seized by Russian Broadcasters
All Ukrainian frequencies in 8 settlements of the peninsula north are unlawfully used by the Russian radio stations. In 11 settlements the Ukrainian FM broadcasting is partially present, though the Russian stations are heard on…
Konstantin Davydenko Convicted in Crimea for «Spying» for Ukraine
‘’The Supreme Court of Crimea sentenced Mr Konstantin Davydenko, accused by Russia for spying for Ukraine, to 10.5 years in the maximum security regime penal colony, on June 6th 2019.
Ukrainian Radio Signal from Chaplynka and Chongar Towers Blocked in North of Crimea
A signal of seven Ukrainian radio-broadcasting stations in 20 settlements of the Northern Crimea is blacked out by a signal of Russian FM radio stations.
Review on the human rights situation in Crimea in May 2019
The Crimean Human Rights Group presents to your attention the Brief Review on the human rights situation in Crimea in May 2019
The open appeal of Ukrainian human rights organizations to the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs and National Delegations of the Member States to the Council of Europe
We, the Ukrainian human rights and civil society organizations, have been protecting Ukrainian citizens illegally detained in Russia and the occupied Ukrainian territories of Crimea and Donbas for the past six years. Among them there…