For the first quarter of 2021, 51 cases of violation of the right to the healthcare access were recorded, 46 of which were in relation to the Crimean Tatars. This indicator exceeds the number of such violations in the first quarter of 2020. Then the CTRC recorded 48 cases, of which 38 were in relation to the representatives of the indigenous people. This is stated in the analysis of violations of human rights in Crimea over the first quarter of 2021 by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.
This trend characterizes the deliberate policy of not providing adequate medical care to political prisoners in Crimea in places of detention, especially against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, there were recorded cases of ignoring the petitions of lawyers, the demands of detained persons and international organizations. A number of political prisoners were subjected to a compulsory psychiatric examination, many were placed in punishment cells and special blocks.
An illustrative case is the case of Vladislav Yesypenko, who was tortured by the security forces of the occupied Crimea.
We remind that the Crimean Tatar Resource Center presented an analysis of violations of human rights in the occupied Crimea over the first quarter of 2021. According to the organization, during the reporting period, Russian security forces conducted 22 searches, 146 arrests / detentions and 23 interrogations, interviews and conversations. The total number of arrests in the first three months of this year is 45: 10 – new arrests, 16 – extensions of detention, 19 – sentences. There were 113 cases of violation of the right to a fair trial, 51 – to the healthcare access. Also, 33 cases of transferring of political prisoners of Crimea were recorded. The CTRC report also contains information on the violation of religious rights, environmental norms on the peninsula, on inappropriate conditions in pre-trial detention centers and prisons, on the violation of the rights of political prisoners and illegal military exercises in the occupied Crimea.