In 2023, 280 cases of violation of the right to a fair trial were recorded, 188 in relation to the Crimean Tatars. During the same period in 2022, 329 violations were recorded, and in 2021 – 478. This is stated in the analysis of human rights violations in occupied Crimea by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.
During the reporting period, in addition to extensions of arrests, sentences and new arrests, systemic rejections of appeals by lawyers, as well as the issuance of fines, continued to be recorded.
We remind you that the Crimean Tatar Resource Center presented an analysis of human rights violations in occupied Crimea for 2023. According to the organization, during the reporting period, Russian security forces conducted 65 searches, 173 arrests/detentions and 186 interrogations, interviews and conversations. The total number of arrests for 2023 is 217. Most of the violations by the occupiers occur among representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people. More details can be found in our report.