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The human rights situation in occupied Crimea is constantly deteriorating and it is much worse than in the rest of Russia, says Mathew Shaaf, Senior Program Officer at Freedom House

Human rights in occupied Crimea are violated on a daily basis, reports Freedom House, a human rights watchdog. After the peninsula was occupied, independent journalists, Crimean Tatar activists, and Medjlis members often experience pressure and house checks.

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