After the occupation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, hundreds of activists came under repression because of their civic position. At first, it was only men. However, the Russian authorities did not stop and began to infringe on the rights of the female half of the peninsula’s population.
The occupiers no longer look at the floor. Hundreds of women and girls have been harassed and discriminated against.
The most vulnerable group on the peninsula remains the families of the Kremlin’s political prisoners, namely wives, mothers and daughters who are left without male support.
A negative trend has been the prosecution of Crimean activists in criminal and administrative cases. Women are systematically subjected to repression and even cases of murders and disappearances have been recorded.
Since 2014, we have recorded:
2 arrests in absentia:
journalist Hulsum Khalilova
daughter of political prisoner Eleonora Bekirova
12 criminal prosecutions:
Larysa Kytaiska
Halyna Dovhopola
Anna Sukhonosova
Nina Malakhova
Zarema Ametova
Zarema Kulametova
Valeriia Holdenberh
Iryna Horobtsova
Leniie Umerova
Iryna Danylovych
Emine Zekeriayeva
1 criminal prosecution:
singer Jamala
We see that women in Crimea are subjected to violations of their rights and psychological pressure from the occupation authorities.
We demand that Russia fulfill its international obligations and stop discriminating against women and illegally persecuting all residents of Crimea.