In 2020, 280 arrests were recorded in the occupied Crimea, 229 of which were against Crimean Tatars. This figure is almost 2 times more than last year (157), in 2018 there were 128 known cases, and in 2017 – about 286. This is stated in the analysis of human rights violations in Crimea for 2020 by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.
As a rule, arrests are carried out after searches, systemic arrests are also recorded at the administrative border with the occupied Crimea. The main formal reasons for the arrests were allegedly: involvement in the organizations banned in the Russian Federation Hizb ut-Tahrir and Jehovah's Witnesses, participation in the Noman Çelebicihan Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion, failure to report a crime, public calls for terrorist / extremist activities, preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, espionage in favor of Ukraine, illegal acquisition, storage, transportation of explosives, ammunition, etc.
In addition, the occupants are actively detaining activists who come to support political prisoners under the courthouses.