Political prisoner Zeytullaev: on a hunger strike for all Crimean Tatars oppressed by Russia
Ukrainian hostage of the Kremlin and political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev announced a hunger strike on 27 July. This…
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“Stay, my people!” – last word of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Zeytullaev
I would like to appeal to my long-suffering people, who have sustained a lot of violence and forcible…
Russia slaps new 15-year prison sentence on Crimean Tatar political prisoner Zeytullaev
The Russian prosecution saw both previous sentences as insufficient and appealed against them in the Rostov Military Court…
The US has expanded sanctions over Russia – but will it stop the torture in Crimea?
Last week, Trump moderately expanded sanctions on Russia in what many have deemed an ‘encouraging’ sign that it will continue…
Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine: an exchange pool for Ukrainian hostages | #LetMyPeopleGo
On 30 June 2017, a powerboat bearing Russian identification marks was intercepted by Ukrainian military when approaching the…
Human sacrifices for the Kremlin’s propaganda machine: meet the “Crimean saboteurs”
“Not a single Ukrainian citizen has suffered here [since 2014], there are absolutely no restrictions, and the attitude…
Russian judges deny Crimean Tatar hostage last meeting with dying mother
“I hope to see him, cast a glance at him and hold his hand,” Aliye says with tears…
Due to political repression, nearly hundred Crimean kids grow up without fathers
Summer of 2016, a psychiatric clinic in Simferopol. A regime object, guards are on duty at the entrance,…
Ukraine moves forward with issue of political hostages held by Russia
A new institution to coordinate the issues of Ukrainian political hostages held in Russia and Russian-annexed Crimea, including…
Moscow deaf to 3 years of international outcry to free imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker
Abduction in occupied Crimea On May 10, 2014, Oleg Sentsov, along with three other Ukrainian citizens (Kolchenko, Chyrniy,…
There is #NoEurovisionFor 44 Ukrainian hostages of the Kremlin
As the Eurovision song contest descended on Kyiv, a group of activists launched a campaign to alert the…
Who is Zeytullaev, the Crimean Tatar Russia just sentenced to 12 years without a crime?
For three weeks prior to the second sentence, Ruslan was on hunger strike protesting against the state terror…
Hunger strike for all Crimean Tatar hostages of Russia | VIDEO
On 26 April 2017, Russian military court sentenced the Crimean Tatar activist Ruslan Zeytullaev to 12-year imprisonment. He…
Appeal of Ukrainian NGOs regarding hunger strike of Ruslan Zeytullaev, prisoner of the Kremlin
The leading human rights and civic organizations of Ukraine appeal to you regarding the case of Ruslan Zeytullaev,…
Russia’s Crimean Tatar captive goes on hunger strike demanding justice
Ruslan is now undergoing a farcical trial in Russia for the second time. As he explains, the hunger…
Wife visits Kremlin-jailed Ukrainian journalist in Moscow
Ukrainian journalist and Ukrinform’s correspondent Roman Sushchenko is in Russian jail for 6 months already. The FSB is…
Imaginary “terrorists” with no terror acts: Russia’s collective punishment of Crimean Muslims
Difference between Russia and Ukraine 21 March is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.…
Soviet-era punishment resurfaces in Crimea: the political abuse of psychiatry
On 26 January 2017, a prominent human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov was on his way to the home…
European Parliament listens to the arguments of Euromaidan Press on Kremlin’s hostages
Why has the Kremlin taken at least 44 Ukrainians as political hostages? Member of the European Parliament Mark…
European Parliament: Russia should free all the illegally imprisoned Ukrainians #LetMyPeopleGo
In the resolution adopted on 16 March 2017, the EP deplores the lack of freedom of expression and…