#Poland detains russian #archaeologist wanted in #Ukraine for illegal excavations in occupied #Crimea
Ukraine has 40 days to prepare its extradition request with alexander butyagin the first russian to be detained over ongoing and often irreparable damage to places of Crimean #Tatar and / or Ukrainian cultural #heritage
Chillingly lawless armed raid on Crimean #Tatar lawyers defending victims of russian repression
With russia having crushed any independent media in occupied #Crimea and imprisoned civic journalists and activists, the lawyers defending political prisoners are often their only voice - a voice that russia is trying to silence
russia’s occupation "court" sentenced Niyara Ersmambetova, a 38-year-old Crimean #Tatar mother, to 15 years for "treason" in a secret trial. Accused of aiding resistance, she was likely tortured.
Her two children and disabled grandfather now struggle without her.
Crimean #Tatar political prisoner Tofik Abdulgaziev, jailed for activism, has been diagnosed with a brain tumour after years of deteriorating health in russian custody.
His family fears for his life as authorities delay medical care.
russia passed huge sentences against Tofik Abdulgaziev and 24 other Crimean Tatars for their human rights activities.
Monstrous sentences against Crimean #Tatar #journalist and activists seized in russian retaliation for a humiliating attack by #Ukraine
Sentences of up to 19 years were passed despite the only verifiable ‘evidence’ being an innocuous conversation about #Muslim daily prayers seven years earlier
74-year-old Crimean #Tatar historian detained and prosecuted over interview about the 1944 Deportation
The uncle of three political prisoners is facing prosecution over the entirely accurate comment that the perpetrators of Soviet crimes were not held to account
russian fsb come for Crimean #Tatar father and son in night terror raid
russia is increasingly targeting two or more members of the same family for its abductions and politically motivated 'trials', with it very likely that 65-year-old Seithalil and his son, Ruslan, are facing torture to extract fake 'confessions'
@EugeneMcParland this always expected by a #nazi #regime as the one in #kremlin
Lets hope a just peace will soon come when the #Tatar people can once again fly their flag without fear.
Lenur Khalilov, a Crimean #Tatar with liver cancer, was rearrested by russia on 8 Nov 2025. Despite court orders for release due to grave illness, russia ignores its laws, likely sentencing him to die in prison.
Arrested in 2019 for alleged ties to Hizb ut-Tahrir, his case exposes russia’s human rights abuses in #Crimea.
russian FSB falsely accused four Crimean #Tatar women—Esma Nimetulayeva (mother of five), Fevziye Osmanova, Elviza Alieva, and Nasiba Saidova of terrorism, using baseless claims and propaganda.
Lawyers demand retractions, citing legal violations and fabricated charges tied to Hizb ut-Tahrir, a peaceful group legal in #Ukraine.
All face unjust detention and long sentences.
From 17-year sentence to death in russian captivity for Crimean #Tatar political prisoner accused of another person’s voice on a tape?
russia’s fsb targeted Azamat Eyupov, veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, for his peaceful protest against russian repression, with nothing allowed to prevent a 17-year sentence
Menacing threats against human rights defender Lutifye Zudiyeva after russia’s arrests of four Crimean #Tatar women
russia is demonstratively showing that nobody is safe from persecution and terror in occupied #Crimea and silence from the international community only increases the danger for those, like Lutfiye Zudiyeva, unwilling to be silenced
Im nur von der #Türkei anerkannten Nordteil von #Zypern gewann der proeuropäische Kandidat Tufan #Erhürman die Präsidentschaftswahl - in einem Erdrutschsieg mit einem Abstand von rund 27% - gegen den rechtsnationalistischen, von #Erdogan unterstützten Amtsinhaber Ersin #Tatar.
Erhürman versprach die Wiederaufnahme der Verhandlungen über eine Wiedervereinigung der seit mehr als 50 Jahren gespaltenen Insel im Rahmen einer Föderation.
Courageous protest and disturbing silence over terrifying russian attack on Crimean #Tatar women
International protest is vital with russia clearly sending a message that nobody is safe from being seized in armed raids and imprisoned for decades without any crime
Crimean #Tatar political prisoner rearrested to die in russian captivity after release because of cancer
russia has demonstrated contempt for its own laws, by so dooming Lenur Khalilov to die a painful death in the inhuman conditions of a russian prison, thousands of kilometres from his family
russians imprison two Crimean #Tatar brothers on lawless charges, and move into one of their homes
russian prisons and the failure to provide medical care have taken a huge toll on 54-year-old Rustem Gugurik’s health, and, almost certainly, on his 62-year-old brother Bekir, whom russia is hiding
Cruauté brutale envers une mère tatare de Crimée et sa famille dans le cadre de la chasse aux sorcières menée par la Russie contre les « espions ukrainiens »
Niyara Ersmambetova fait partie d’un nombre croissant de femmes vivant dans les territoires occupés que la Russie a enlevées et accusées de « trahison » secrète.
Relentless medical torture of Crimean #Tatar human rights defender in russian prison
It is likely that some of Emir-Usein Kuku’s medical issues are because of the torture the fsb subjected him to, with russia now resorting to medical torture, by denying him basic treatment
