At least 180 Ukrainian citizens who are being persecuted by the Russian authorities for political and religious reasons are being held in places of detention in Crimea, the head of the board of the Crimean human rights group, Olha Skrypnyk, has said. This was reported by the head of the board of the Crimean Human Rights Group, Olga Skrypnyk, at the press conference "Political prisoners of the Kremlin: what happens to Ukrainians who are held behind bars by Russia?". Her words quotes Krym.Realii, reports UNN.
With the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Russia, Crimea became a prison for our citizens from the south. They were kidnapped and subjected to terrible torture. We recorded the first cases of illegal transportation to the territory of Crimea as early as March 2022, when people from the south in a terrible condition began to appear in the pre-trial detention center in Simferopol. Already in the summer of the same year, a second and then a third pre-trial detention center appeared on the site.
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She also noted that "the number of prisoners is growing, but there are still no mechanisms for the release of civilian prisoners, including political prisoners of Crimea". Skrypnyk believes that there is not enough attention to this topic at the international level.
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Earlier, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center reportedthat 150 political prisoners from temporarily occupied Crimea are serving sentences in Russian colonies.
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On January 12, Ukraine celebrates Ukrainian Political Prisoner Day to honor those who opposed repression in the ussr and to support those now imprisoned in russia.