Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)
New wave of Crimean Tatar arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea
Five more Crimean Tatars are in custody in Russian-occupied Crimea accused of involvement in an organization which is legal in Ukraine. The five men are all devout Muslims and some at least have this year or last taken part in the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. Under Russian occupation, no more appears to be needed to face imprisonment on...
Russia’s FSB remove posters asking about abducted Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov
“Those who give the command to abduct people should look their own mother in the eye and ask her what it means to lose a child”. Lilia Budzhurova’s words will doubtless not be heard by those in Moscow who bear responsibility for the lawlessness unleashed since Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv...
PACE & Kremlin-backed militants acknowledge direct Russian control in Donbas
It seems denial is now passé, with everybody – Russia, the militants themselves, and Europe – fairly openly acknowledging the direct control that Russia wields over the militants in Donbas, and their so-called ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Another Crimean Tatar faces 5-year sentence for opposing Russian occupation of Crimea
Russia is literally accusing Suleyman Kadyrov, as it has Ilmi Umerov and journalist Mykola Semena, of ‘separatism’ for opposing Russian occupation of their homeland, with the article of the criminal code – 280.1 carrying a possible 5-year term of imprisonment …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia upholds Mejlis ban in a move to all-out war against Crimean Tatars
Only a miracle remained, and it didn’t happen. Russia has formally banned the Mejlis, or self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, the main indigenous people of Crimea which Russia invaded and annexed two and a half years ago. An escalation in repression seems inevitable, with a number of Mejlis leaders in immediate danger. …read...
International Criminal Probe Blames Missile From Russia For MH17 Tragedy
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) further determined that the missile system was brought into Ukraine from Russia shortly before the tragedy and then smuggled back to Russia shortly afterward. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Babyn Yar: “Did the sun really not pale at the sight of that horror? “
It is 75 years since the Nazi massacre of almost 34 thousand Ukrainian Jews in Babyn Yar, and 25 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and its lies about the Victims of Babyn Yar and about the Holocaust …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia can’t wait a day with new repression against Umerov & other Crimean Tatars
Ilmi Umerov, Deputy Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis and recent victim of punitive psychiatry has again been brought before a court in Russian-occupied Crimea, effectively confirming in advance fears that repressive measures will escalate once the Supreme Court rubberstamps Russia’s ban on the Mejlis, or Crimean Tatar self-governing body...
Social Services Threatened as Charities Face Eviction
Station Kharkiv, one of the city’s largest volunteer organizations, is facing the loss of its offices after donors told the organization that they could no longer provide sufficient funds to cover the rent of the premises. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia brings enforced disappearances to occupied Crimea
Civic activists held a vigil outside the Russian embassy in Kyiv on Sept 27, demanding to know the whereabouts of 19-year-old Islyam Dzhepparov and his cousin, brazenly abducted exactly two years ago, civic activist Ervin Ibragimov and many others who have disappeared since Russia invaded and annexed Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
