After the occupation of Crimea, the Russian Federation, unlawfully using its legislation for political purposes, launched massive repressions against Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists on the peninsula. Detentions and arrests of people have become a regular practice.
The number of people imprisoned in politically motivated cases continues to rise every year.
According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, during the entire period of occupation the number of political prisoners and persecuted people reached 307. 55 people have already been released, of whom 34 are the representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people:
1. Abdulveliev Abduraman
2. Abdurakhmanov Rustem
3. Abilev Rustem
4. Abkerimov Musa
5. Afanasyev Gennady
6. Aliev Murat
7. Alieva Gulsum
8. Alivapov Muieddin
9. Amietov Kyazim
10. Balukh Volodymyr
11. Bariiev Ali
12. Barmakin Dmitriy
13. Chiyhoz Akhtem
14. Chyrniy Oleksiy
15. Dehermendzhi Bekir
16. Dehermendzhi Mustafa
17. Ebulisov Edem
18. Ilchenko Yurii
19. Karakashev Evgeniy
20. Kadyrov Edem
21. Kadyrov Suleyman
22. Khalilov Nedim
23. Kitayskaya Larisa 2
24. Kolchenko Olexandr
25. Kostenko Oleksandr
26. Kukhorenko Vitaliy
27. Kulametova Zarema
28. Mamedova Elina
29. Mamutov Aidyn
30. Memedeminov Nariman
31. Movenko Ihor
32. Mustafayev Marlen
33. Nebiiev Eskender
34. Osmanov Edem
35. Panov Yevhen
36. Prisich Vladimir
37. Ramazanov Ismail
38. Razzakov Shevket
39. Semena Mykola
40. Sentsov Oleg
41. Shabliy Gleb
42. Shiptur Mykola
43. Smedlyaev Tair
44. Steshenko Alexander
45. Stogniy Oleksiy
46. Stukalo Illya
47. Suleymanov Redvan
48. Tatarisova Liliya
49. Umerov Ilmi
50. Umerova Zarema
51. Velilyaev Resul
52. Yagyaev Mustafa
53. Yunusov Talyat
54. Zakhtey Andriy
55. Zekeryaeva Emine
It is important to emphasize that there are no former political prisoners. We must remember that these people paid for their citizenship and were illegally persecuted by the occupation authorities of the peninsula.
Let us recall that the Crimean Tatar Resource Center on its website classified and developed clickable diagrams Victims of the occupation of Crimea, which constantly display the current number of political prisoners, missing and dead people during the occupation of Crimea.