Ukraine’s Ministry on Occupied Territory and Internally Displaced Persons has prepared a draft bill which would declare those Ukrainians held prisoner on political grounds in Russian-occupied Crimea and Russia as political prisoners and provide state assistance for their families. Since there are 69 children just in occupied Crimea whose fathers are imprisoned on trumped-up charges, legislation is urgently needed.
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Halya Coynash: Ukraine moves to support political prisoners held in Crimea, Russia and their families
People hold portraits of Crimean political prisoners and victims of the Russian regime as they participate in the march for solidarity with Crimean Tatars who did a rally 3 years ago near Crimean parliament as they protested Russian occupation of the peninsula on Feb. 26.
