The first day of Russia’s ‘trial’ of journalist Remzi Bekirov and four other civic and human rights activists ended with all five being removed for speaking Crimean Tatar

The first day of Russia’s ‘trial’ of journalist Remzi Bekirov and four other civic and human rights activists ended with all five being removed for speaking Crimean Tatar

A Russian-controlled court in Simferopol has placed 42-year-old Ukrainian Taras Kuzio under house arrest following mass armed searches of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ homes in occupied Yalta

A Russian-controlled court in Simferopol has placed 42-year-old Ukrainian Taras Kuzio under house arrest following mass armed searches of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ homes in occupied Yalta

Dzianis Ivashin has been placed in detention after exposing the deployment of Russian fighters, involved in Russia’s invasion of Crimea and war in Donbas, as well as ex-Berkut officers, in propping up the regime of Aleksandr Lukashenka

The problems with Ukraine’s justice system are most graphically seen in the case of serial killer Sergei Tkach who was able to kill for 25 years because at least 10 other men had been tortured into ‘confessing’ to his crimes

The two Ukrainians who disappeared soon after laying flowers at the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Russian-occupied Crimea were seized by the FSB, with one of them still imprisoned.

The two Ukrainians who disappeared soon after laying flowers at the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Russian-occupied Crimea were seized by the FSB, with one of them still imprisoned.

A photo showing Russia’s so-called ‘renovation’ of the Big Khan Mosque in occupied Crimea has confirmed the worst fears about the damage being caused the Khan’s Palace, or Hansaray, in Bakhchysarai.

New and very worrying escalation in Russia’s persecution of 70-year-old Ilver Ametov

New and very worrying escalation in Russia’s persecution of 70-year-old Ilver Ametov

Russia undoubtedly wants a scapegoat for its inability, seven years after its invasion, to provide water to occupied Crimea, but blaming Ukraine does take gall

Russia undoubtedly wants a scapegoat for its inability, seven years after its invasion, to provide water to occupied Crimea, but blaming Ukraine does take gall

Over recent days Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has spoken in two television interviews of the high-profile trial of three people accusing of killing Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet, with his comments disturbingly misleading

Teymur Abdullayev has spent virtually all of the last year in a Russian SHIZO or punishment cell, where the conditions are tantamount to torture

Teymur Abdullayev has spent virtually all of the last year in a Russian SHIZO or punishment cell, where the conditions are tantamount to torture

Teymur Abdullayev has spent virtually all of the last year in a Russian SHIZO or punishment cell, where the conditions are tantamount to torture

Exactly 7 years ago, Ukrainians from all over Crimea gathered at monuments to Taras Shevchenko in effectively the last demonstrations possible against Russia’s invasion

Russia has extended its ban on veteran Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev for a further 15 years, following the 5-year term it imposed after invading and annexing Dzhemilev’s homeland in 2014

Russia has extended its ban on veteran Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev for a further 15 years, following the 5-year term it imposed after invading and annexing Dzhemilev’s homeland in 2014