repressions in Crimea
How to break the wall of silence around Crimea: discussion in Vilnius
February 20, the human rights defenders, who had been on a monitoring mission to Crimea, presented a report on their trip at the Belarusian Human Rights House which works in exile in Vilnius. The representatives of the Human Rights Houses in Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine took part in the mission. Tetiana Pechonchyk, the Head of […]
We call the media to give publicity the trial of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena
Open address regarding launch of court deliberations in the case of Crimean journalist, Mykola Semena Dear colleagues! On 28 February the so-called Zheleznodorozhny court of Simferopol in occupied Crimea will start the process against Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena, who is faced with 5 years in a Russian prison. His crime – an article published on Radio […]
Stop the persecution of human rights lawers in occupied Crimea!
The violent attack against lawyers carrying out their professional duties and defending rights of Ukrainian citizens in the occupied peninsula has been expanding during last two days. On 25 January, lawyer Nikolai Polozov was detained by FSB officers in Simferopol. It happened immediately after his arrival from the PACE session where he was reporting the […]
