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Ukrainian political prisoner tortured into confessing to fictitious ‘war crimes’ returned from Russia to prison in Ukraine
02.07.2019
Serhiy Lytvynov, one of the Ukrainians most savagely tortured in 2014 for Russian propaganda, is safely back in Ukraine, though for the moment he remains imprisoned
Russia ordered to pay Ukrainian journalist forced to flee Crimea huge damages
02.07.2019
The award in moral compensation to Anna Andriyevska and simple court rulings could hurt Russia as the money is to be obtained by arresting Russian assets in Ukraine – and eventually abroad
Ukrainian jailed for protest over monument to Russian invaders of Crimea
24.06.2019
A Russian-controlled court in Simferopol has sentenced Maxim Sokurenko to six months in a minimum-security prison colony effectively for his opposition to Russia’s occupation of Crimea
Ukrainian investigative journalist Vadim Komarov dies after brutal attack. Killers remain unidentified
21.06.2019
Vadim Komarov has died of injuries sustained in a savage attack on the morning of 4 May, after never regaining consciousness. There is nothing to suggest that the police have made any progress in finding those who carried out the attack or, as seems likely, those who ordered it
Imprisoned journalists in occupied Crimea and Russia that Ivan Golunov’s defenders never noticed
17.06.2019
It is excellent that the trumped-up charges against Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov were dropped after mass protest, but no turning point when the vast majority of Russian and western journalists remain silent about the arrests and imprisonment of at least 10 Ukrainian journalists in occupied Crimea and Russia
Openly illegal prosecution for a Facebook repost of another Crimean Tatar woman activist
14.06.2019
Gulsum Alieva, a young Crimean Solidarity activist, was detained for several hours on 11 June and is now facing administrative prosecution over a Facebook repost
Russia detains & prosecutes Crimean Solidarity rights activist for being tagged on Facebook
03.06.2019
Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a prominent human rights activist in Russian-occupied Crimea, has been detained, prosecuted and fined for three Facebook posts which she personally had nothing to do with, but which somebody tagged her on when posting five years ago .
Two Crimean Solidarity women activists detained in Russian-occupied Crimea
31.05.2019
Two human rights activists, both of them mothers with young children, were detained in occupied Crimea on 30 May in what seems an overt warning that women will also face persecution for taking a courageous civic stand
Fakes and Lies about Ukraine almost double in Russian Proxy Donbas ‘Republics’
31.05.2019
Disinformation about Ukraine in the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ has almost doubled over the last two years, with most of the favourites for fake news the same as in the Russian state-controlled media.
Civic journalist Osman Arifmemetov imprisoned in Russia for reporting repression in occupied Crimea
15.05.2019
Osman Arifmemetov was one of the first civic journalists in occupied Crimea and there is every reason to believe that his arrest and imprisonment are the direct result of his tireless work in reporting on the ever-increasing number of armed searches, arrests and politically-motivated ‘trials’ since 2014
German peace prize to Ukrainian journalist Kotsaba is discredited by the Russian lies he parrots, not just his anti-Semitism
13.05.2019
While the decision to award the 2019 Aachen Peace Prize to Ukrainian journalist and blogger Ruslan Kotsaba is rightly in question because of a shocking anti-Semitic video, there are other reasons by the choice of Kotsaba seems bafflingly inappropriate (text in English and German)
Ukrainian investigative journalist in critical condition after savage attack
06.05.2019
Vadim Komarov, an investigative journalist from Cherkasy, is in a coma after an attack early on 4 May which the police are treating as attempted murder
Russia sentences Crimean activist to six years for social media posts
24.04.2019
Yevhen Karakashev, a 40-year-old left-wing activist from Yevpatoria in occupied Crimea, was jailed for six years by a Russian court on 19 April, with the charges based solely on very old posts on the social network VKontakte
New Russian law could cut Crimea off from Ukrainian and global Internet
15.04.2019
Russian-occupied Crimea could find itself totally cut off from the global Internet according to a bill which was adopted in its second reading on 11 April and has every chance of coming into force this year
Russia uses ‘terrorism’ charges to silence civic journalists in occupied Crimea
12.04.2019
Three of the victims of Russia’s most ferocious attack on Crimean Tatar activists to date are civic journalists who recorded and circulated information about repression in occupied Crimea
Ukraine’s elections declared ‘rigged’ by country that knows President’s name years in advance
29.03.2019
In the country which knew that Vladimir Putin would ‘win’ the 2018 presidential elections back in 2012 (or earlier), concern is high about election fraud - in Ukraine. A major focus of Russia’s TV talk shows is pushing the idea that the imminent presidential elections will be rigged
Crimean journalist arrested hours after saying that Crimea needs to be saved from Russia
27.03.2019
The formerly pro-Russian journalist Yevhen Haivoronsky was detained on 26 March, just hours after giving the latest of several interviews recently in which he has fiercely criticized the Russian authorities and expressed support for Ukraine.
Russian court helps FSB fake testimony against imprisoned Crimean anarchist
25.03.2019
There are also strong grounds for believing that the Russian prosecution’s main witness against Crimean political prisoner Yevhen Karakashev is giving testimony under duress
Crimean Tatar civic journalist faces 7-year sentence for reporting rights abuses in occupied Crimea
20.03.2019
It is dangerous in Russian-occupied Crimea to write the truth, especially about political persecution and other rights violations. Nariman Memedeminov has already spent a year in detention for his civic journalism and active role in the Crimean Solidarity civic initiative, and is now being deprived of an urgently-needed medical operation.
Draft law in Ukraine to criminalize ‘fake news’ condemned as censorship & attempt to silence media
18.03.2019
The bill comes just after the adoption of an extremely dangerous law on ‘fake news’ just passed in Russia and could, human rights NGOs warn, be used as an instrument for censorship and pressure on the media
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