Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
Predictable cruelty, worrying news as Savchenko spends 2nd birthday in Russian detention
Nadiya Savchenko has spent her 35th birthday alone after her mother arrived only to be refused a visit. This comes amid worrying indications that any exchange or extradition negotiations – for her and other Ukrainian prisoners – may have derailed …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Chechen Whistle-Blower Disappears After Demanding Legal Action Against Kadyrov
Ramazan Dzhalaldinov has not only complained publicly to Russian President Vladimir Putin about corruption among local officials, he lodged a formal complaint with Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika on May 2 requesting that he take legal action against Kadyrov for having publicly insulted him by rejecting his criticisms as lies. …read...
5 years for a red flag? Controversial decommunization law used against Ukrainian veterans
The violent attempts by far-right activists to prevent Cherkasy veterans unfurling a communist flag on Victory Day took a curious turn on May 9, one that could result in Ukraine losing yet another case at the European Court of Human Rights …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Boris Johnson blames Russia’s annexation of Crimea on the EU
According to former Mayor of London and Brexit lobbyist Boris Johnson, it was not Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea and its military aggression in Eastern Ukraine that had caused “real trouble”, but the EU’s actions. . …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
8 years for integrity if you’re Crimean Tatar
Ali Asanov, a 33-year-old father of four, is facing an 8-year sentence on legally grotesque charges in a case targeting only Crimean Tatars. It is likely that he remains in detention because of his refusal to provide false testimony against Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukrainian anarchist accused of trying to overthrow the State with leaflets
If Ukraine’s Security Service had publicly warned that a tiny group of anarchists could be seeking to “destabilize the situation in the country”, they would have elicited a smile or two. Instead they initiated criminal proceedings, and on extremely serious charges. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia steps up terror offensive with armed raid on mosque in Occupied Crimea
Armed and masked men cordoned off a Crimean mosque on May 6 as people were leaving after Friday prayers. Several dozen men tried to detain about 100 Crimean Tatars and take them away in police vans for a supposed ‘check …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian blogger gets 2-year sentence for reposting that Crimea is Ukraine
If the truth about the Soviet Union once resulted in imprisonment for ‘anti-Soviet propaganda’, just reposting an article entitled ‘Crimea is Ukraine’ can now result in a prison sentence for so-called ‘public calls to separatism’. You’ll also end up on Russia’s ‘List of extremists and terrorists’ …read...
How Russia Terrorizes Children & Destroys Lives in Occupied Crimea
Safiyeka and Bekir Kuku have not seen their father since armed officers burst into their home in Yalta on Feb 11 and took Emir-Huseyn Kuku away. It is not the first time their father, a lawyer and human rights activist has been detained since Russia’s annexation of Crimea. This time, however, the children’s Babashka has not come home...
Crimean journalist faces 5-year sentence for ‘separatism’
Mykola Semena, a Crimean freelance journalist has been formally charged with making ‘calls to violate the Russian Federation’s territorial integrity’ and could face a 5-year sentence. The charges are under an article of the Russian Criminal Code introduced in May 2014, and are, as feared, being used to try to silence pro,test over...
