For innocuous conversations on religious topics, civic activist Emil Ziyadinov is likely to receive an 18-20 year sentence.

Lawyers representing Gyunguz Mamedov have demanded to see ‘Security Service letters’ which the Prosecutor General has claimed were behind her extraordinary decision to remove Mamedov from his post as highly effective head of the crucial ‘War Department’

Lawyers representing Gyunguz Mamedov have demanded to see ‘Security Service letters’ which the Prosecutor General has claimed were behind her extraordinary decision to remove Mamedov from his post as highly effective head of the crucial ‘War Department’

The ‘trial’ has begun in Russian-occupied Crimea of freelance RFE/RL journalist Vladislav Yesypenko on charges that have received international condemnation

The ‘trial’ has begun in Russian-occupied Crimea of freelance RFE/RL journalist Vladislav Yesypenko on charges that have received international condemnation

Refusal to allow a devout Muslim’s body to receive proper burial can only be because the body would prove that the FSB are lying about how Nabi Rakhimov died

Refusal to allow a devout Muslim’s body to receive proper burial can only be because the body would prove that the FSB are lying about how Nabi Rakhimov died

Although the targeting of defenders of Ukraine is the most shocking aspect of the last ‘sanctions’ list, there are very many other innocent victims of a lawless and ethnically profiled PR stunt

Russian FSB officers in occupied Crimea are probably hoping for bonuses after claiming to have ‘caught two spies’ (at least) over recent months, with a video of the most recent arrest lingering ponderously over video shots of the man’s Ukrainian flag, etc

Russian FSB officers in occupied Crimea are probably hoping for bonuses after claiming to have ‘caught two spies’ (at least) over recent months, with a video of the most recent arrest lingering ponderously over video shots of the man’s Ukrainian flag, etc

Volodymyr Serba, former Head of the Zaporizhya Regional Police, claimed that he was not in hiding, despite evidence that he had fled to Russia and reason to believe that he has obtained Russian citizenship

Volodymyr Serba, former Head of the Zaporizhya Regional Police, claimed that he was not in hiding, despite evidence that he had fled to Russia and reason to believe that he has obtained Russian citizenship

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has adopted a Law on Indigenous Peoples whose critical importance has been demonstrated over recent weeks by the rage it aroused from Russian President Vladimir Putin

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has adopted a Law on Indigenous Peoples whose critical importance has been demonstrated over recent weeks by the rage it aroused from Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Speaker of Russia’s Duma has reacted with blustering threats against the author of a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe report on Russia’s human rights violations against the Crimean Tatars which formed the basis of a damning resolution

Iryna Venediktova’s removal of Gyunduz Mamedov, who has played a vital role in Ukraine’s international legal suits against Russia, helps only Moscow

Iryna Venediktova’s removal of Gyunduz Mamedov, who has played a vital role in Ukraine’s international legal suits against Russia, helps only Moscow

Two anonymous witnesses have vanished from Russia’s ‘trial’ of 25 Crimean Tatar activists after the lies in the ‘testimony’ of other supposed witnesses were exposed

Two anonymous witnesses have vanished from Russia’s ‘trial’ of 25 Crimean Tatar activists after the lies in the ‘testimony’ of other supposed witnesses were exposed

Russian-controlled enforcement officers in occupied Crimea have spent the last several days harassing prominent members of the Crimean Tatar community