It’s crucial for victims to be heard: Bringing perpetrators of war crimes to justice
As part of the ifa-award, Emiliia Dieniezhna, CCP alumna and journalist interviewed two members of the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition. The alliance consists of around 40 Ukrainian NGOs and experts, that collect and document war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian armed forces during the ongoing war of aggression. For their important work […]
Why draft law No. 7290 won’t secure effective punishment for international crimes – opinion of human rights defenders
The representatives of Ukraine 5 AM Coalition state that draft law No. 7290, which is intended to prosecute international crimes, contains significant shortcomings that would adversely affect justice if passed. This is stated in the appeal of the human rights activists to the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement. According to human rights activists, despite […]
Ukrainian authorities must urgently create an algorithm to investigate bloody atrocities in the liberated territories – human rights defenders
STATEMENT of the Ukraine. 5 am Coalition on Mass Assassinations and Executions of Civilians by the Russian Army in the Settlements of the Kyiv Region The withdrawal of the Russian army from the settlements of the Kyiv region they had captured, including Hostomel, Vorzel, Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Dmytrivka, Motyzhyn, Makariv, Dymer, Kozarovychi, Katyuzhanka, revealed to […]
Civil society calls on Zelenskyy to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Dear Mr President! On February 24, a new phase of the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine began. In more than three weeks of a full-scale invasion, at least 816 civilians, including 112 children, have been killed in shelling and actions by Russian troops, nearly 10 million have been forced to flee their homes, and […]
Appeal of Euromaidan SOS regarding urgent ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
We appeal to the President of Ukraine and Ukrainian parliament to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) without delay. Representatives of the Russian Federation, committing armed aggression in Ukraine, are committing war crimes and crimes against humanity almost every day. Attacks on the civil population, use of civilians as human shield, […]
Statement of human rights organizations regarding sentencing of political prisoner Vladyslav Yesypenko
On 16 February, Dilyaver Berberov, a so-called ‘judge’ of the ‘Simferopol district court’, passed sentence to Vladyslav Yesypenko, a Ukrainian journalist who worked with Radio Liberty. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison in a colony of the general regime of imrpisonment and a fine of 110,000 RUB. Olena Prodolna, the prosecutor, demanded 11 […]
Statement of human rights organizations regarding sentences of political prisoners Zekiria Muratov and Vadym Bektemirov
On 11 February, the South Military District Court (Rostov-on-Don) announced its verdict to the Crimean Tatar political prisoners Zekiria Muratov and Vadym Bektemirov. They were sentenced to 11.5 and 11 years of imprisonment for alleged membership in a terrorist organization (sentenced by judges Tymur Mashukov and Aleksey Magomadov). Zekiria Muratov and Vadym Bektemirov were arrested […]
Statement Regarding New Wave of Raids and Detentions of Crimean Tatars
On 9 February, the occupied Crimea faced another wave of political repression. At 4 am, the Russian Federal Security Bureau conducted searches and arrests in the houses of Crimean Tatars in the Simpheropol, Bakhchysaray, and Bilohirsky districts of the Crimea as well as Balaclava district of the Sevastopol City. As a result, four Crimean Tatars […]
Statement on the matter of sentencing of a civil journalist Amet Suleymanov and three other Crimean political prisoners
On October 29, 2021, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don (the Russian Federation) convicted four Crimean Tatars – a citizen journalist of the ‘Crimean Solidarity’ Amet Suleymanov and three other political prisoners of the ‘third Bakhchysarai group’ of the ‘Crimean Muslims case’ Rustem Seitmemetov and brothers Osman and Seitumer Seitumerov. Also Russian law enforcement […]
Statement on the detention of Edem Semedliaiev and other people who came to a court hearing in occupied Crimea
On October 25, 2021, the law enforcement bodies of the occupying administrations detained more than 20 Crimean Tatars, who came to a court hearing that was held at the so-called “Crimean garrison military court.” People came to listen to the court proceedings that viewed the appeal case of their three compatriots: Rustem Emiruseinov, Arsen Abkhairov, […]
Urgent statement of human rights organizations regarding abduction of Nariman Dzhelial and other Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea
On September 3 and 4, 2021, the Russian Federation FSB men conducted 5 searches in the occupied Crimea, followed with detaining five Crimean Tatars: Eldar Odamanov, Aziz Akhtemov, Nariman Dzhelial, Shevket Useinov and Asan Akhtemov, and taking them in an unknown direction. Relatives and lawyers of the detainees filed complaints with various law enforcement agencies […]
Release of prisoners of the Kremlin has to appear on the agenda of Biden-Zelensky talks
There was a time, just after Russia’s occupation of Crimea, when the case of director Oleh Sentsov shocked the entire world. However, only recently, after the terrifying testimony of journalist Stanislav Aseyev, the international community has paid more attention to the situation in the torture chambers of the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, where beatings, […]
Statement regarding searches and arrests in occupied Crimea
On August 17, 2021, Russian law enforcement bodies searched the homes of Crimean Tatars at 4 AM in the morning. As a result of those searches, they arrested five persons (Raif Fevziiev, Dzhebbar Bekirov, Rustem Murasov, Zaur Abdullaiev, Rustem Tairov) who are now being accused of alleged involvement in the organization “Hizb ut-Tahrir” (it is […]
Collective statement of NGOs on the removal of Gunduz Mamedov from office
Letter to Embassies and International Organisations Your Excellencies! We, representatives of civil society organisations, victims of the armed conflict and their representatives, are addressing you with this letter to express our deep concern and alert you to the recent decisions of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Ms Iryna Venediktova, to remove the Deputy Prosecutor General, […]
Statement of human rights organizations regarding sentence of Halyna Dovhopola in Crimea
On March 24, 2021, the ‘Sevastopol City Court’ convicted Ms.Halyna Dovhopola, a 66-year-old citizen of Ukraine and a resident of Sevastopol, under Art. 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (high treason) to 12 years of imprisonment with serving of the punishment in the general regime penal colony, and a year’s supervised release. […]
Statement of human rights organizations regarding detention of Vladyslav Yesypenko in Crimea
On March 10, 2021 the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (the FSB) detained Mr. Vladyslav Yesypenko, a Ukrainian national, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. According to preliminary information, Mr.Yesypenko was detained due to his political views after attending a rally on the occasion of Taras Shevchenko’s birthday, held in Simferopol on March […]
Statement on the matter of sentencing of Crimean activist Oleh Prykhodko
On March 3, 2021, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don (the Russian Federation) convicted a Ukrainian activist from Crimea Oleh Prykhodko and sentenced the Ukrainian to five years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony with the first year in prison. In addition, a penalty amounting to RUB 110,000 was set for him. […]
Statement on prosecution of Crimean Muslims ‘Bilohirsk Group’
On 11 January 2021, the Southern Military District Court of Rostov-on-Don will hold a final hearing in the trial of Crimean Tatars, Muslims who are citizens of Ukraine. Enver Omerov, Riza Omerov and Ayder Dzhapparov will speak their last word, and in the coming days they will be sentenced. The three men are charged with […]
