Since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, the number of political prisoners and those persecuted by Russia has risen to 331, 54 of whom have been released
Since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea by the Russians in 2014, the number of political prisoners and persecuted by the Russian Federation on the peninsula has increased to 331 people. Now 54 of them have been released, including 34 representatives of the Crimean Tatar people
About this writes espreso.tv
"After the occupation of Crimea, the Russian Federation, misusing its legislation for political purposes, launched mass repressions against Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists on the peninsula. Detentions and arrests of people have become a regular practice", the material says.
At the same time, the resource center notes that the number of people imprisoned in Crimea in politically motivated cases is growing every year.
According to its data, the number of political prisoners and persecuted for the entire period of occupation of the peninsula reached 331 people, 54 of them were released, including 34 representatives of the Crimean Tatar people.
- On 31 March, the Ukrainian parliamentary commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said that Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation and on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea were systematically denied the necessary medical care.
