Russia aims to smear Mejlis after latest raid on Crimean Tatars which left one dead and imprisoned four
On 23 November, Russian secret police (FSB) raided two cafes and a number of houses in Crimea’s capital,…
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World-famous intellectuals call on Putin to release filmmaker Sentsov before 2018 Football Cup
As both the Russian presidential election and the FIFA World Cup in Russia are approaching, and Oleg’s health…
Crimean Tatar leader Umerov awarded Prize of Platform of European Memory and Conscience
Ilmi Umerov, Deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, was awarded the Prize of the Platform…
The humanitarian factor in Russia’s hybrid war
The recent release of convicted Crimean Tatar leaders Ilmi Umerov and Akhmet Chiygoz marks the first release of…
Liberated Crimean Tatar leaders: don’t forget other Ukrainian hostages of the Kremlin
The people whose joint efforts were crowned with the recent discharge of two prisoners, can and should make…
Putin’s approach to Crimean Tatar leaders like Brezhnev’s toward Soviet refuseniks, Portnikov says
Vladimir Putin’s freeing and then expulsion abroad of Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, two leaders of the Crimean…
Imprisoned Crimean Tatar leaders Chiygoz and Umerov released by Russia, flown to Turkey
Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov, who were sentenced in occupied Crimea in politically motivated trials,…
Ukrainian teen abducted by Russian FSB charged with school bomb plot, denied medical treatment
While Pavlo now faces 5 to 10-year imprisonment, his life remains at risk as he has a disability…
Kremlin political prisoner allowed visit from mother
One of the Kremlin’s political prisoners, the Ukrainian Stanislav Klykh was allowed a visit by his mother. This…
Four Crimean Tatars detained in new wave of religious persecution
Victims of the Russian “police of thought” On 2 October, masked Russian security officers raided the house of…
EU Parliament demands Russia release 47 Ukrainian de facto political prisoners, urges sanctions
The European Parliament (EP) urges the Russian regime to end repression against representatives of the Crimean Tatar people…
World writers community urges Moscow to free Ukrainian and other prisoners of conscience #LetMyPeopleGo
The delegates of the 83th congress of PEN International convened in Lviv, West Ukraine, assure that they will…
“It’s Russia which broke the law” – last word of Crimean journalist prosecuted for opposing illegal landgrab
Your Honor! Respected Court! All the participants in the trial are witnesses to the fact that I was…
Another “terrorist”? Russian FSB kidnaps, tortures Crimean Tatar to obtain false “confession”
Early morning September 13, unknown people in masks and FSB attire broke into the house where local merchant Renat…
World powers, human rights organizations indignant about Russia’s conviction of Crimean Tatar leader
In its response to the verdict, the US Department of State points to the legal nonsense that underlies…
Imam of Iranian Sunni Muslims condemns Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatars
The problem of the Russian occupation of Crimea and oppression of its indigenous Crimean Tatar people has been…
Russia’s show trial and sentence against Crimean Tatar leader Chiygoz. What you need to know
Since his arrest, Akhtem Chiygoz has spent more than 2,5 years or nearly 950 days behind bars. His…
Russian FSB accuses Ukrainian teen it abducted of “terrorism”
Russia's FSB has confirmed that the Ukrainian teenager Pavlo Hryb, who went missing in Belarus on 24 August…
Russian FSB abducts Ukrainian teen who went to meet a girl in Belarus
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, 24 August, Pavlo traveled from Chernihiv in northern Ukraine to the neighboring Belarusian city…
Jailed in occupied Crimea for a Ukrainian flag: the case of Volodymyr Balukh
The 74-y.o. mother of the prisoner Natalya has sent a wrathful letter to Russian President Putin, where she…