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Ombudsperson: Invaders trying to eradicate Ukrainian language in Donbas schools
Russia-controlled administrations are also heavily restricting all religious worship except for that led by the branch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
10:10, 23 September 2020
UN: 450 cases of torture recorded in Belarus since protests begin
The experts also received reports of violence against women and children, including sexual abuse.
21:45, 01 September 2020
Ukraine's MFA protests against another wave of illegal searches, detentions in occupied Crimea
The diplomats call on the international community to continue the active protection of the rights and freedoms of inhabitants of occupied Crimea.
23:45, 31 August 2020
Ukraine condemns another illegal raid of Crimean Tatar homes on occupied peninsula
The searches are the latest in a series of systemic crimes by occupation authorities persecuting the dissenting Crimean Tatars, the president stressed.
12:20, 31 August 2020
Russia raiding Crimean Tatar activists' homes in occupied Crimea (Photos, video)
Searches are being conducted in several areas of the occupied peninsula simultaneously.
11:05, 31 August 2020
Ukraine to ask Belarus authorities to free Ukrainian activists
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry is actively working to quickly identify and ensure the release all Ukrainian citizens detained in that country.
13:59, 13 August 2020
Two detained human rights activists from Ukraine facing criminal charges in Belarus
They are kept in a pretrial detention center.
09:25, 13 August 2020
Courts in occupied Crimea find nine local men guilty of draft evasion
Meanwhile, international law bans conscription to armies of occupying forces.
23:05, 12 August 2020
Ukraine's MFA: Cabinet doesn't give permission for pilgrimage of thousands of Hasidim to Uman
The ministry continues consultations with the relevant Ukrainian central executive agencies and the Israeli side.
15:25, 10 August 2020
Ukraine's MFA condemns OCU eviction from cathedral in Russia-occupied Crimea
Over 90 administrative cases against religious organizations in Crimea have been documented.
23:56, 05 August 2020
UN calls on Ukraine to develop law on rights of indigenous peoples, national minorities
The bill on the rights of national minorities will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration this fall.
11:05, 05 August 2020
Ukraine sends another batch of proof of Russian crimes in Crimea to Hague court
At least two new victims of war crimes are registered in the occupied territory every day.
10:20, 31 July 2020
Ukraine's FM urges to step up pressure on Kremlin over militarization, human rights violations in Crimea
Moscow has already lost chances to succeed in normalizing its occupation of Crimea, the official believes.
21:55, 25 July 2020
RFE/RL: Russia-controlled court sentences Crimean Tatar for participation in resistance group
He was sentenced to eight years in prison.
20:55, 22 July 2020
Human rights activists report repressions against Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea
Russia continues repressions against the Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian citizens in the annexed peninsula, Bariev says.
22:55, 14 July 2020
Russia ignores international law, conscripting residents in annexed Crimea – rights activist
The occupying authorities plan to call up about 3,000 Crimean residents to the Russian army as part of the spring-summer conscription campaign.
18:58, 14 July 2020
EU expects Russia to end pressure on Crimean Tatars
The EU expects all illegally detained Ukrainians to be released without delay.
22:59, 08 July 2020
UN chief publishes report on situation of human rights in occupied Crimea
The report covers the period of July 1 to December 31, 2019, and draws heavily from the work of the Office's Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
11:55, 07 July 2020
