To date, according to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, 173 political prisoners are serving their sentences in colonies, prisons and pre-trial detention centers, 116 of whom are the representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people. More detailed information about the prisoners of the Kremlin can be obtained from the clickable chart Victims of the occupation of Crimea, which is updated on a regular basis on the CTRC website.
According to the CTRC, the number of political prisoners and persecuted by the occupying authorities is 287 people, 195 of them are the representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. This chart consists of 5 categories depending on the status of the persecuted:
– sentenced and serve terms in colonies (131, 93 – Crimean Tatars);
– have restrictions or on probation (37, 19 – Crimean Tatars);
– in detention facilities (36, 23 – Crimean Tatars);
– released (51, 33 – Crimean Tatars);
– persecuted (32, 26 – Crimean Tatars).