Threat to the life of political prisoner Bekir Dehermendzhy: statement of human rights defenders
On December 14, 2017, at three o’clock in the morning, 57-year-old Crimean Tatar activist Bekir Dehermendzhy, who was put in the Simferopol SIZO and accused of supposed extortion according to a fabricated...
Crimean Tatar political prisoner Bekir Degermendzhy is dangerously ill
Author: Halya Coynash After causing the death of 83-year-old veteran Crimean Tatar activist Vedzhie Kashka, Russia is endangering the life of 57-year-old Bekir Degermendzhy, arrested as part of a particularly cynical FSB attempt to discredit...
“Say ‘Release Sentsov!’ It’s the only thing we can do to feel human”
Author: Michael MacKay, for Radio Lemberg The Ukrainian Canadian Film Festival held a screening Monday night in Ottawa of a powerful documentary called “The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov.” The film is...
Ukrainian World Congress calls to send postcards to Ukrainian political prisoners
The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) calls on the international community to show its support for the many Ukrainian citizens illegally imprisoned by the Russian Federation. Join the Postcards for Prisoners Campaign and send a postcard...
Appeal regarding lack of proper medical care for Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainian political prisoners
To: H.E. Mr. Sigmar Gabriel Vice-Chancellor, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany As of today, about 60 Ukrainian citizens have been detained on political grounds in the territory of the...
“Pointless waiting”: flashmobs for Ukrainian political prisoners held in 11 international airports
On 26 November 2017, on the 28th birthday of Ukrainian political prisoner Oleksandr Kolchenko, which he spends in Russian prison for the fourth year in a row, “Pointless waiting” flashmobs were held in the airports...
Unlawful searches and detainments of Crimean Tatar national movement activists and veterans in Crimea
STATEMENT 24 November 2017 On 23 November 2017, the peaceful residents of the Crimean peninsula suffered the next wave of the attacks on the part of Russian occupation authorities in Crimea. Russia’s FSB [Federal Security...
Ukrainian victim of Russia’s first “absolutely Stalinist trial” spends 4th birthday in brutal isolation
Author: Halya Coynash Oleksandr (Sasha) Kolchenko is spending a fourth birthday in Russian captivity, one of the first victims of Russia’s mounting appetite for fake ‘terrorism’ show trials, aimed at crushing dissent, and trying to...
Russia causes death of revered veteran of Crimean Tatar movement, then tries to hide it
Author: Halya Coynash 83-year-old Vedzhie Kashka, victim of the 1944 Deportation and veteran of the non-violent struggle of the Crimean Tatar people for their rights, died on November 23 after Russian FSB officers burst into a...
Ukrainian activists appealed to British experts & politicians to help free Kremlin’s hostages
On 20 November 2017, a set of events dedicated to freeing Ukrainians illegally imprisoned by Russia took place in London. Ukrainian human rights lawyer from the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union Nadiya Volkova and Euromaidan Press...