In occupied Crimea, the Russian authorities continue large-scale and systematic repressions, targeting all categories of people — women, youth, the elderly, and even persons with disabilities. Hundreds of Ukrainian citizens are being held in prisons and detention centers on trumped-up charges, subjected to pressure and torture.
As of today, there are 325 Crimean political prisoners in Russian detention facilities and prisons, including:
42 women who are subjected to both physical and psychological pressure;
8 people with disabilities, for whom the conditions of their detention constitute real torture due to the lack of access to medical care;
63 fathers of many children who are separated from their families, leaving their children without proper support;
64 young people whose future has been brutally taken away due to the arbitrary actions of the occupiers;
28 elderly people who suffer in inhumane conditions, often without access to medicine and support.
These are not just statistics — these are human lives, broken fates and families who live in fear and uncertainty every day.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center strongly condemns the actions of the Russian occupation authorities and demands that the Russian Federation immediately release all Crimean political prisoners, stop political persecution, torture, and mass human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Dear friends, we urge you to spread the truth about things that are going on in Crimea. Every voice matters. Together, we can bring closer the day when all those who are illegally imprisoned will return back home.
Crimea was, is, and will always be a part of Ukraine. And its people deserve freedom.