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How Russia fabricated the case against Crimean Tatar leader Dzhelyal
On 18 February at 10 am, the Russia-controlled Supreme Court of Crimea heard a criminal case against Nariman…
“At times, they beat me so that I did not even want to live” – Ukrainian woman hostage survivor of Donbas militant prison
That terrible day Nothing foretold of trouble the morning of 14 October 2016. On that day, Haiova was…
Daily review: TikTok comments sheds light on Russian army moves, Izolyatsiya torturer flees to France, Russia downscales NATO demands
Past 24 hours in the war zone JFO report no attacks/shelling by Russian occupation forces. As of 19:30…
Daily review: Poroshenko goes to court; UK weapons come to Ukraine; removing Russia from SWIFT off the table
Past three days in the war zone Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation Staff reported two attacks by Russian-hybrid forces…
How Russian imperialism jailed Ukrainian dissidents 50 years ago and today
12 January is the Day of the Ukrainian political prisoner, established to honor people who were imprisoned on…
Drawing the life he is not living: prison art by Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin showcased in Berlin | Photos
Take a peek at exclusive photos from Atelier Soldina, an exposition space in Berlin, which saw the opening…
Daily review: Biden and Putin talk (again), Germany opposes Russia’s return to G7, Ukraine imposes sanctions for Crimean bridge
Past 24 hours in the war zone Russian hybrid forces launched four attacks on Ukrainian positions. In one…
This January, send a letter to a Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin
Most of us will spend the cozy winter holidays with our family and good food. But there are…
Ukrainian political prisoner, father of four who resisted Crimean occupation starts a hunger strike in Russian prison
What do we know about Ivan Yatskin? On 6 December, Nikolai Polozov, the lawyer of Ukrainian political prisoner…
Crimean Tatar leader Dzhelyal kept in unheated Russian prison as temperatures approach freezing
On 4 September, Pervomayskoye village of Simferopol region of Crimea saw the detention of Nariman Dzhelyal. On 6…
A coffee seller and an entire village family: who are the three detained Ukrainians Russia’s FSB arrested as “spies”
Grani.ru, Russia’s independent website, draws a link between this event and the meeting of Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign…
Russia arrests, fines 30 Crimean Tatars celebrating release of their unjustly imprisoned lawyer with a 50-kilo cake
Crimean Tatar lawyer Edem Semedlyaev was released from a remand prison in occupied Simferopol on the evening of…
“There is no greater humiliation than reducing a person to an animal without any rights.” Kremlin hostages share their prison survival strategies
[editorial]Hundreds of Kremlin hostages have seen nothing but cell and prison yard since 2014. New imprisonments happen every…
Putin’s Hostages, documentary about Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin, available online
Euromaidan Press is making the documentary Putin’s Hostages: Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin, freely available online. The…
Russia tried to break the Crimean Tatars. Their non-violent resistance only grew stronger.
[editorial]Russia has banned the Crimean Tatars’ representative body, outlawed their media, and keeps persecuting their activists and religious…
Russia’s vile attempts to discredit the Crimean Tatars must not be kept silent
[editorial]The vile and underhanded attempts of Russian authorities to discredit the Crimean Tatars must not be kept silent,…
Being yourself is not a crime: look into the eyes of kids of Crimean Tatar political prisoners jailed by Russia
Childhood is a time of brightest memories, which you remember for the rest of your life. The childhoods…
Pull off a kangaroo court in five easy steps: a how-to guide from Russia
Do you need to jail a political opponent? Demonize an entire ethnicity for geopolitical benefits? Look no further,…
Photo project spotlights Crimean Tatar kids born after their fathers’ unlawful arrests by Russian occupation authorities
[editorial] 191 children of Crimean Tatars, the indigenous population of the Crimean peninsula, are growing up without their…
Constructing the terror: Russia’s forged cases of “Ukrainian extremism”
[editorial]An old textbook rule for authoritarians says: when you have at troubles home, divert attention elsewhere. Since the…