Paul
Goble
Staunton, December 10 – To mark
International Human Rights Day, the Crimean Human Rights Defense Group has released
an infographic on the at least 70 people in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian
peninsula who have been jailed on the basis of politically motivated criminal
cases and thus qualify as political prisoners.
The number of political prisoners
under the Russian occupation has grown from five in 2014 to 20 in 2015 to 41 in
2015 and in the last year has jumped to 55, an increase of 1100 percent since
the Russian Anschluss (qha.com.ua/ru/obschestvo/skolko-politzaklyuchennih-uderjivayut-v-krimskih-tyurmah-infografika/183804/).
At the present time, there are 52 political
prisoners in prisons, detention centers or under house arrest. Two weeks ago, the Ukrainian government has
appealed to the Council of Europe to intervene on their behalf (qha.com.ua/ru/politika/ukraina-prizvala-sovet-evropi-zaschitit-prava-cheloveka-v-krimu/180615/).
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