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…
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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…
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…
“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…
107 remains of political prisoners executed by NKVD found in old Lutsk prison (photos)
NKVD - the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the leading Soviet secret police organization from 1934 to…
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…