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Activists rally for those missing and killed in Russian-occupied Crimea (PHOTOS)

Published Sept. 28, 2016. Updated Sept. 28 at 11:59 am

People attend a rally at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv on Spet. 27 holding posters reading "Who killed Memet? Found dead 21.08.2015" and "Where is Arsen? Missing since 11.04.2016". The activists wanted to bring attention to the issue of people going missing or being killed in Crimea since Russia occupied annexed the Ukrainian territory.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

A dozen activists rallied at Russian Embassy in Kyiv on Sept. 27 to highlight the issue of people missing or even killed in the Russian-annexed Ukrainian territory of Crimea. They brought posters with the names of those missing or believed killed, and the dates when they went missing. At the end of their rally, the activists tied white ribbons to the fence in front of the embassy to draw the public’s attention to the names of the missing persons.