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Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
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Russia sentences Crimean to 8 years on 'treason' and 'terrorism' charges for wanting to defend Ukraine

Albert Kruhlov never concealed his opposition to Russia’s occupation of Crimea, and is imprisoned for his support for Ukraine, whether or not he was genuinely seized while seeking to join the Azov Regiment

Abducted Crimean Tatar political prisoner tortured in Russian prison

Rustem Osmanov was abducted from his home in occupied Kherson oblast and then 'tried' in occupied Crimea on the basis of a 'confession' tortured out of him. That torture is ongoing in Russian captivity

Crimean Tatar newspaper editor prosecuted for telling Crimeans not to fight Russia's war against Ukraine

68-year-old Bekir Mamutov and the founder of Qirim are facing two of Russia’s arsenal of silencing norms, including one rushed into legislation after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

64-year-old pensioner jailed in Russian-occupied Crimea for social media posts of a Ukrainian Trident and thanking Ukraine's defenders

Maria Zamyrailo-Levytska is the latest of many Ukrainians to be hunted down by the notorious 'Crimean SMERSH' and then prosecuted on surreal charges for supporting Ukraine

Russia steps up harassment of Crimean Tatar human rights activists and lawyers before 80th anniversary of 1944 Deportation

Only the Russian occupation regime could ban gatherings to honour the victims of an act of genocide and treat such remembrance as ‘extremism’

Massive spike in ‘List of Terrorists and Extremists’ as Russia persecutes critics of its war against Ukraine and LGBT

Russia’s failure to heed warnings about the recent Crocus City Hall terrorist attack was probably because its enforcement bodies were far too busy fabricating cases against Ukrainians or those opposing Russia’s war of aggression

Two years of unrelenting Russian torture of Ukrainian civic journalist Iryna Danilovych

It is two years since the Russian FSB in occupied Crimea abducted Iryna Danilovych and tried to torture her into ‘confessing’ to fictitious ‘treason’ and contacts with western organizations. Their medical torture continues

Ukrainian journalist prosecuted in Russian-occupied Crimea over articles published by media banned as ‘undesirable organization’

Anastasia Zhvyk had already been forcibly declared a 'foreign agent' and faced prosecution, with her opposition to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine claimed to 'discredit Russia's armed forces'

Russia hit new depths in its persecution of Crimean Tatar leader and Ukrainian patriot Nariman Dzhelyal

Nariman Dzhelyal is turning 44 on 27 April, his third birthday in captivity with the 17-year sentence in revenge for his involvement in the Crimea Platform and unwavering support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity

Russia begins mass ‘treason trial’ of tortured sportsman Kyrylo Barannyk and other Crimean Ukrainians

Eight men and women are to be ‘tried’ on charges which are very likely, in all cases, to be based on the same ‘confessions’ extracted through torture that Kyrylo Barannyk has described in detail

Russia charges Crimean who refused to fight against Ukraine with ‘treason’

Denys Narolsky could face a life sentence for refusing to take up arms against his own country and for trying to get to mainland Ukraine

Crimean Solidarity journalist convicted of ‘abusing freedom of media’ in posts about Crimean Tatar political prisoners

These administrative prosecutions are clearly, and ominously, aimed at intimidating courageous journalist and human rights defender Lutfiye Zudiyeva

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