Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news | OVD-Info

08.12.2025

Kostroma Oblast,

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A Crimean has been denied medical assistance in prison for nearly a year

26.11.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A protocol was drawn up against a 74-year-old historian from Crimea over an interview about the deportation of Crimeans in 1944.

10.11.2025

Arkhangelsk Oblast,

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, who had been released from prison due to cancer, has been taken back into custody.

01.11.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The Supreme Court of Crimea has overturned the decision to detain blind Crimean resident Aleksandr Sizikov for 10 days.

31.10.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A delegation of Crimean Tatars was detained on the approach to Moskalkova’s office, but released after a conversation.

30.10.2025

Voronezh Oblast,

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea,

The parents of the Crimean Tatar women were detained four times on their way to meet with the ombudsman in Moscow.

24.10.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Crimean resident Aleksandr Sizikov, who is blind, has been sentenced to ten days’ detention

23.10.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Visually impaired Crimean resident Aleksandr Sizikov has been detained again

21.10.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The court has overturned the decision to release the blind Crimean.

24.09.2025

Republic of Bashkortostan,

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The Crimean human rights defender sentenced to 12 years is barely able to walk, but is not receiving treatment

23.09.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A woman from Kerch has been sentenced in absentia to five and a half years in prison over a post about the strike on the Kramatorsk railway station.

23.09.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A resident of Crimea has been sentenced to one year in a low-security penal colony for spitting into a box collecting aid for the military.

18.09.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Nine years in prison in absentia requested for a Crimean resident over a post about the strike on Kramatorsk railway station

09.09.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A Jehovah’s Witness from Russian-occupied Crimea has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony.

29.08.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A resident of occupied Crimea has been detained on charges of leading a Jehovah’s Witnesses group.

19.08.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A postal worker from Crimea has been sentenced to compulsory labour in a case concerning the “discrediting” of the Russian Armed Forces.

18.08.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea,

Chuvash Republic

A defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case has been held in a punishment cell (SHIZO) and strict detention conditions (PKT) for almost a year.

11.08.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A woman from Crimea has been placed in a pre-trial detention centre over a case concerning “military disinformation.”

10.08.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A resident of Crimea spoke about being tortured over a comment they did not post

30.07.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A Jehovah’s Witness from occupied Crimea faces a request for a seven-year prison sentence.