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9 russian crime(s) match this selection.
1 March 2021 · · Crimea
Raids and detention of Crimean Solidarity human rights defendersRussian security services conducted searches and detained members of Crimean Solidarity, a group documenting rights violations against Crimean Tatars, restricting civil society activity in the occupied peninsula, according to Human Rights Watch's 2021 reporting.
sources: Human Rights Watch — Ukraine: Crimea chapter, World Report 2021
1 July 2020 · · Crimea
Continued imprisonment of Crimean Tatar activists on extremism chargesHuman Rights Watch and Crimean Tatar rights groups documented ongoing trials and lengthy prison sentences for dozens of Crimean Tatar men prosecuted on Hizb ut-Tahrir-related charges, part of what UN experts called a pattern of ethnically and religiously discriminatory persecution.
sources: Human Rights Watch — Ukraine: Crimea chapter, World Report 2021
1 March 2019 · · Crimea
Mass arrests of Crimean Tatars in coordinated FSB raidsOn 27 March 2019, Russian FSB forces conducted coordinated raids across Crimea, arresting more than 20 Crimean Tatars accused of Hizb ut-Tahrir membership, part of a documented pattern of politically motivated prosecutions targeting the community.
sources: Human Rights Watch — Crimea: Renewed Crackdown on Crimean Tatars
1 August 2018 · · Crimea
Detention and trial of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg SentsovUkrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was detained in Crimea in 2014, transferred to Russia, and sentenced to 20 years on fabricated terrorism charges; he undertook a 145-day hunger strike in 2018 demanding release of Ukrainian political prisoners, drawing international condemnation including from the European Parliament.
sources: Amnesty International — Ukraine: Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov must be released
1 June 2016 · · Crimea
Prosecution of Crimean Tatars on fabricated Hizb ut-Tahrir chargesRussian FSB conducted raids and arrests of dozens of Crimean Tatar men on charges of membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a group legal in Ukraine but banned in Russia, which Human Rights Watch and Memorial characterized as a politically motivated persecution campaign.
sources: Human Rights Watch — Crimea: Persecution of Crimean Tatars Intensifies
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1 January 2016 · · Crimea
Ban and prosecution of Mejlis members in occupied CrimeaIn April 2016, the Russia-controlled 'Supreme Court of Crimea' banned the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People as an 'extremist organisation', leading to prosecution and arbitrary detention of its leaders and members. Human Rights Watch documented this as part of a broader crackdown on Crimean Tatars.
sources: Human Rights Watch — Crimea: Persecution of Crimean Tatars Intensifies
1 September 2015 · · Crimea
Forced imposition of Russian citizenship and conscription pressure in CrimeaOccupation authorities in Crimea automatically imposed Russian citizenship on residents and began conscripting Crimean men into the Russian armed forces, a practice OHCHR characterized as a violation of international humanitarian law obligations of an occupying power.
3 March 2014 · · Crimea
Enforced disappearance of Crimean Tatar activist Reshat AmetovReshat Ametov, a Crimean Tatar activist, was abducted on 3 March 2014 after staging a solitary protest against Russian occupation forces in Simferopol; he was later found tortured and murdered. His case is documented as one of the first killings of the occupation.
sources: Human Rights Watch — Rights in Retreat: Abuses in Crimea
27 February 2014 · · Crimea
Seizure of Crimean Parliament by armed men, start of occupationUnmarked armed men, later confirmed as Russian servicemen by President Putin, seized the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol on 27 February 2014, initiating the occupation of Crimea. This action preceded a disputed referendum and Russia's formal annexation of the peninsula.
sources: Human Rights Watch — Ukraine: Events of 2014 (Crimea)
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Civilians killed
12 232
Civilians injured
43 015
Children killed or injured
183
Since 24 February 2022 — 2 222 killed · 13 058 injured (as of 2026-08-31)
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Figures verified by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), published monthly. They are minimum figures: the actual tolls are considerably higher. They are an independent reference and are not the sum of the crimes shown on the map. The series available month by month starts in October 2023; for October 2023 to March 2024 only the combined killed-and-injured total was published, and April 2024 is not broken down.
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