55-year-old Viktor Stashevsky has been sentenced by a Russian-controlled court in Crimea to six and a half years’ imprisonment for reading the Bible and praying together with fellow believers

In occupied Crimea, Russia has not been able to totally conceal its human rights violations, but it is undoubtedly trying. including by imprisoning civic journalists and activists

In occupied Crimea, Russia has not been able to totally conceal its human rights violations, but it is undoubtedly trying. including by imprisoning civic journalists and activists

Among hostages held prisoner in the Russian proxy ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ [DPR/LPR] are a number of men and women seized because of photos or comments posted on Twitter

A new, disturbingly Soviet, weapon has been added to Russia’s arsenal of repression in occupied Crimea

After seven years of effective sabotage, the trial of two men over the killing of 72-year-old retired anaesthetist and Maidan activist Lyudmila Sheremet may finally be moving

After seven years of effective sabotage, the trial of two men over the killing of 72-year-old retired anaesthetist and Maidan activist Lyudmila Sheremet may finally be moving

A Russian-controlled court in occupied Crimea has sentenced Medzhlit Ablyamitov to six years’ imprisonment for taking part, while in mainland Ukraine, in an entirely legal organization

A first appeal hearing has taken place in the Russian city of Krasnodar in a case that is likely to prove most incriminating for Moscow when it reaches the European Court of Human Rights, not to mention the International Criminal Court

A first appeal hearing has taken place in the Russian city of Krasnodar in a case that is likely to prove most incriminating for Moscow when it reaches the European Court of Human Rights, not to mention the International Criminal Court

A Russian-controlled prosecutor has claimed that words like ‘intimidation’ and ‘injustice’ are ‘public calls to extremist activity’ and has issued a formal warning against one of the Crimean Tatar elders who spoke out in defence of political prisoners

A Russian-controlled prosecutor has claimed that words like ‘intimidation’ and ‘injustice’ are ‘public calls to extremist activity’ and has issued a formal warning against one of the Crimean Tatar elders who spoke out in defence of political prisoners

A Russian-controlled Crimean TV channel has broadcast an ‘interview’ with Vladislav Yesypenko a week after the Ukrainian journalist was seized in occupied Crimea.

A Russian-controlled Crimean TV channel has broadcast an ‘interview’ with Vladislav Yesypenko a week after the Ukrainian journalist was seized in occupied Crimea.

A cassation court in Russia has overturned the previous court ruling in Russia’s persecution of Yunus Masharipov and ordered a new appeal hearing, under different judges, with respect to the 56-year-old rights activist and victim of punitive psychiatry.

A cassation court in Russia has overturned the previous court ruling in Russia’s persecution of Yunus Masharipov and ordered a new appeal hearing, under different judges, with respect to the 56-year-old rights activist and victim of punitive psychiatry.

Almost a week after Vladislav Yesypenko was seized in Russian-occupied Crimea, the FSB are preventing the freelance journalist from seeing an independent lawyer

Almost a week after Vladislav Yesypenko was seized in Russian-occupied Crimea, the FSB are preventing the freelance journalist from seeing an independent lawyer

Ukraine’s Supreme Court has revoked a presidential decree dismissing Oksana Tsarevych, notorious both for politically motivated trials under Yanukovych and for persecuting Automaidan activists

Ukraine’s Supreme Court has revoked a presidential decree dismissing Oksana Tsarevych, notorious both for politically motivated trials under Yanukovych and for persecuting Automaidan activists