After the occupation of Crimea, the Russian Federation, unlawfully using its legislation for political purposes, launched massive repressions on the peninsula against Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists. Detentions and arrests of people have become a regular practice. The number of people imprisoned in politically motivated cases continues to grow every year. According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, over the entire period of the occupation, the number of political prisoners and persecuted individuals reached 208 people. After the release of civil journalist Nariman Memediminov, the number of released political prisoners in Crimea reached 46, of which 31 are representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people. In parallel with this, 28 more political prisoners have limited rights outside places of detention.
According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, 46 political prisoners have been released, 31 of them 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. Ametov Ernes
10. Balukh Volodymyr
11. Bariiev Ali
12. Bekirov Edem
13. Chiyhoz Akhtem
14. Dehermendzhi Mustafa
15. Ebulisov Edem
16. Ilchenko Yurii
17. Kadyrov Suleyman
18. Khalilov Nedim
19. Kitayskaya Larisa
20. Kolchenko Olexandr
21. Kostenko Oleksandr
22. Kukhorenko Vitaliy
23. Kulametova Zarema
24. Mamedova Elina
25. Memediminov Nariman
26. Movenko Ihor
27. Mustafayev Marlen
28. Nebiiev Eskender
29. Osmanov Edem
30. Panov Yevhen
31. Prisich Vladimir
32. Razzakov Shevket
33. Ramazanov Ismail
34. Semena Mykola
35. Sentsov Oleg
36. Smedlyaev Tair
37. Steshenko Alexander
38. Stogniy Oleksiy
39. Stukalo Illya
40. Suleymanov Redvan
41. Tatarisova Liliya
42. Umerov Ilmi
43. Umerova Zarema
44. Velilyaev Resul
45. Yunusov Talyat
46. Yagyaev Mustafa
We remind that the Crimean Tatar Resource Center on its website has classified and developed clickable diagrams “Victims of the occupation of Crimea”, which continuously display the actual number of political prisoners, missing and dead people during the occupation of Crimea.