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• Topics / Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
Ukrainian MP caught in scam to bypass sanctions on Russian-occupied Crimea
19.02.2018
Skhemy investigative journalists report that Ukrainian MP and wealthy businessman Oleksandr Hereha has effectively retained his business in Crimea despite Russia’s occupation and in breach of both Ukrainian and international sanctions. Hereha and his wife Halyna are using the same implausible denial and tricks used by Siemens and other international firms breaching sanctions.
Six and a half-year sentence for fictitious ‘Ukrainian sabotage plot’ in Russian-occupied Crimea
16.02.2018
A ‘court’ in Russian-occupied Crimea has sentenced Andriy Zakhtei to six and a half years’ imprisonment after he was effectively tricked into ‘cooperating’ with the investigators
Profoundly cynical trial begins of Crimean Tatar human rights activist and five other Crimean Muslims
15.02.2018
The men are facing sentences of 15 years or more on unproven charges of involvement in a peaceful organization which is legal in Ukraine. Amnesty International has declared human rights activist Emir-Usein Kuku a prisoner of conscience, however the same applies to all six men who are imprisoned for their faith, and in some cases because of their civic position or out of revenge for their refusal to collaborate with Russia’s FSB.
Tortured Ukrainian spoils Russia’s most absurd ‘Crimea Saboteur’ case by refusing to ‘cooperate’
14.02.2018
A Russian-controlled ‘court’ has again extended the detention of Yevhen Panov, the 40-year-old Ukrainian who is single-handedly obstructing the Russian FSB’s first ‘Crimean sabotage plot’ He is currently being offered better conditions and a shorter ‘sentence’ if he agrees to take on Russian citizenship. He rejects them all and is adamant that he a citizen only of Ukraine.
Arrested in occupied Crimea to prove ‘threat from Ukraine’ on eve of illegal elections?
13.02.2018
Russia’s FSB [Security Service] has reported the arrest of another Ukrainian for alleged ‘spying’, with the only deviation of the FSB’s pattern being the claim that the ‘secret information’ supposedly passed to Ukraine’s Security Service was about the FSB itself.
Independent probe into arrest & death of 83-year-old Crimean Tatar veteran amid persecution of men who were helping her
12.02.2018
When a case that began with the arrest and death of an 83-year-old veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement seems to have hit rock bottom, Russia’s FSB proves it can sink even lower.
Closed trial for tortured Ukrainian accused of a ‘Crimea sabotage plot’ that never was
09.02.2018
The ‘trial’ has begun of Andriy Zakhtei, one of the four Ukrainians seized by the FSB in Russian-occupied Crimea in August 2016 and accused of involvement in a supposed ‘Ukrainian Crimea saboteur plot’. It appears that the entire ‘trial’ will be held behind closed doors, enabling Russia’s FSB to conceal the lack of a credible story, not to mention evidence .
Calls to declare Crimean political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh a Hero of Ukraine
08.02.2018
It is people like Volodymyr Balukh, spending his second birthday in prison for his unwavering loyalty to Ukraine that give the lie to Russian propaganda about Crimea and give hope that it will return under Ukraine’s control.
Menacing attack on the son of a Crimean Tatar National Congress member
07.02.2018
23-year-old Fakhri Muratov was dragged from his car in Russian-occupied Crimea on February 6 by men in masks and without any insignia. The men proceeded to beat him and then search his car, before driving off.
How can OSCE observe Russian ‘elections’ that are being illegally held in occupied Crimea?
06.02.2018
There are several reasons why the event on March 18 which will give Vladimir Putin his fourth official term as Russian President can only loosely be termed ‘elections’. There is one, however, that surely invalidates any outcome since Russia is insisting on holding the elections in illegally occupied Ukrainian Crimea.
Crimean attacked for Ukrainian symbols faces 5-year sentence for wanting police assailant prosecuted
05.02.2018
Having Ukrainian symbols on his bike was excuse enough for Ihor Movenko to be savagely beaten up in Russian-occupied Crimea. He is now facing a five-year prison sentence because he tried to get his assailant prosecuted. Human rights activists believe that Russia is promoting any form of hatred towards pro-Ukrainian Crimeans, with the ‘courts’ there to provide whatever sentence is demanded.
Internet providers forced to conceal total FSB surveillance in occupied Crimea & Russia
02.02.2018
Any Crimean still using Russian social media like VKontakte or Odnoklassnik for correspondence should close them down immediately, preferably after deleting all personal messages and posts from the last decade. It is likely that Russia’s FSB [security service] has long had unimpeded access to Russian-based Internet messengers, postal services and social media, however a new ruling has now strictly prohibited any Internet providers from even divulging details of their collaboration with the FSB.
Oleg Sentsov and two other Kremlin hostages receive Sakharov Award for Courage
01.02.2018
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, sentenced in Russia to 20 years for non-existent ‘terrorism’, has become one of the laureates of the Andrei Sakharov Award for Courage, together with two other Ukrainians facing Russian persecution: journalists Mykola Semena and Roman Sushchenko.
Crimean journalist & politician jailed on ‘extortion’ charges for criticism of United Russia party
31.01.2018
The ‘trial’ in Russian-occupied Crimea of journalist Alexei Nazimov and politician Pavel Stepanchenko is descending into farce, after never really making much sense. This has not prevented the two men being held in detention since October 2016, and the lack of any substance to the charges may well have no impact upon the eventual verdict.
Crimean Tatar on trial for not betraying his oath of allegiance to Ukraine
29.01.2018
How do you flesh out the ‘trial’ of a Ukrainian prosecuted by the Russian occupiers of his homeland for writing on Facebook that ‘Crimea always was, and remains Ukrainian”? A Russian-controlled prosecutor and court in occupied Crimea are trying to find something sensible to add to this grotesque ‘trial’ of Crimean Tatar activist Suleyman Kadyrov and failing badly.
Russia deploys armed police and dogs in new offensive against Crimean Solidarity
28.01.2018
In the latest attack on the Crimean Solidarity civic initiative, a huge contingent of Russian OMON riot police have disrupted the monthly meeting held to discuss ways of helping political prisoners and their families. There was no real attempt to come up with a credible reason for what was clearly an attempt at intimidation - one that follows the arrests of several Crimea Solidarity activists on trumped-up charges.
Crimean Tatar with brain tumour arrested for social media post from 2012
26.01.2018
Russia’s overt terrorization in occupied Crimea continued on January 25 with two more armed searches. The targets this time included Ebazer Islyamov from Nizhnegorsk, who was detained and then put through a court hearing despite all those responsible being informed that he has a brain tumour. An armed search was also carried out of the home of Crimean Tatar activist Enver Krosh in Dzhankoj, who was subjected to torture two years ago after refusing to collaborate with Russia’s FSB
Crimean Tatar detained, tortured and charged with ‘inciting enmity to Russians’
25.01.2018
A Russian-controlled ‘court’ in Crimea has remanded Ismail Ramazanov in custody for a month after refusing to react to the young man’s acute pain from the beating he endured in police custody. Ramazanov is accused of ‘extremism’ over comments he allegedly made to an Internet radio station.
Three years since Russia began its persecution on fake ‘terrorism’ charges of Crimean Muslims
24.01.2018
It is exactly three years since the first FSB arrests of Crimean Muslims on fabricated ‘terrorism’ charges
Five Crimean Tatars on trial for unspecified crimes in a country the ‘prosecutor’ can’t identify
23.01.2018
A ‘prosecutor’ in Russian-occupied Crimea has proven unable to tell five Crimean Tatars on trial which country they are alleged to have acted illegally in, and how they did so. This is not the first time that the prosecutor has been stumped for an answer, though that has not prevented two of the men - Ali Asanov and Mustafa Degermendzhy - being held either in custody or under house arrest for almost three years.
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