What do we know about Ivan Yatskin? On 6 December, Nikolai Polozov, the lawyer of Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin Ivan Yatskin, wrote that his defendant departed from his prison in the Russian prison of Saratov to the Kemerovo...
On 4 September, Pervomayskoye village of Simferopol region of Crimea saw the detention of Nariman Dzhelyal. On 6 September, a Russia-controlled court in Simferopol heard his mock case, in which the defendant pleaded not guilty. Apart from...
Dilyaver Memetov was detained for his appearance three days earlier at the meeting of Edem Semedlyaev, a human rights lawyer who defends Crimean Tatars in political cases. Memetov was among a few dozens of Crimean Tatars who gathered at...
Yesterday, on 29 October, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia sentenced four Crimean Tatars from Bakhchysarai to 56 years in total, reports. The charges brought against the four are affiliation with Hizb ut-Tahrir...
There is no basis for moving Nariman Dzhelyal to the psychiatric hospital. This is not the opinion of his lawyer but the provisions of Russian legislation. Now, a bit of law to elucidate the point. Under Article 196 par. 3 of...
Тoday, 127 Ukrainian citizens are illegally imprisoned in Russia and occupied Crimea for political reasons, and 283 Ukrainians – prisoners of war and civilian hostages – are being kept in horrendous basements in the...
Six Crimean citizen journalists imprisoned for political reasons now have mentors from different states, Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzheppar wrote in a Facebook post. In particular, Antonio Stango, a political scientist...
“I only feel fear in one instance – when people get arrested. This is what brings tears to my eyes. Not only the arrest itself but probably also my powerlessness and because it is hardly possible to provide help in this...
Asan Akhtemov and his compatriots were arrested on 3-4 September. On that night, Russian security service officers raided their homes and detained Deputy Mejlis of Crimean Tatars Nariman Dzhelyal, Aziz Akhtemov, Asan Akhtemov, Eldar...
The night of 3 to 4 September destroyed the peace of five Crimean Tatar families. Russian security service officers raided their homes and abducted innocent people. That morning, blue minivan Volkswagen took away also Nariman Dzhelyal....
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
