The occupation authorities in Crimea illegally prosecute 115 people bringing political charges.
This was announced by the Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova on Facebook following her participation in the panel “Occupied Crimea: Situation on Site” in Berlin.
“A number of 115 people are illegally prosecuted by the Russian Federation over false and politically motivated charges. In particular, 40 Crimean Tatars are imprisoned in the territory of the Russian Federation, 32 people are held in prisons in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, and 15 people who are on conditional discharge are now located at the place of residence on the territory of the Crimean peninsula. They cannot leave for mainland Ukraine because their right to freedom of movement and free choice of a place of residence are violated,” she said.
Denisova also noted a number of other problems in the field of respect for human rights in the temporarily occupied peninsula of Crimea.
Thus, she said that Russia continues the process of replacing the population in Russia-occupied territory. Over the period after the occupation, more than 140,000 Russian citizens were resettled on the peninsula for various reasons.
“From 2015, at least 18,000 men were drafted into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is. At least 3,300 men were called up during the last campaign in summer 2019, which was the largest number in one campaign,” Denisova reported.
“For the Russian Federation there is no international law, international humanitarian law, no decisions of the maritime tribunal. Also, the Russian Federation does not comply with the UN resolution and violates the Fourth Geneva Convention,” she stressed.
She expressed confidence that international pressure could return to the citizens of Ukraine freedom and territory of the country.
