European Court recognizes repressions in Crimea as a human rights violation

The European Court of Human Rights has recognized repressions against Crimean residents for "discrediting" the Russian army as a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

This is stated on the website of the ECHR.

It is about repressions in the form of fines and detentions for statements that the Russian authorities interpreted as "discrediting the army" of the Russian Federation.

The Court notes that the events complained of by the applicants occurred before September 16, 2022, the date when Russia ceased to participate in the European Convention on Human Rights.

Therefore, the court has jurisdiction to consider these complaints.

The court considered the cases of 26 people repressed in 2022.

In particular, a resident of occupied Simferopol, Georgy Semenov, was awarded compensation in the amount of 7.5 thousand euros. On March 6, 2022, Semenov stood at a single picket with the inscription "No to war!".

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights also describes other cases of Crimean residents who were persecuted.

We recently wrote that at a meeting in Istanbul, the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) adopted a resolution on the situation of Crimean Tatars during the temporary occupation of Crimea by Russia. The document consists of six paragraphs and shows the concern of Muslim states over the oppression of the indigenous people of the peninsula.

Also, an atmosphere of fear and control prevails on the temporarily occupied peninsula.

Intent has repeatedly written that residents of the peninsula who oppose a full-scale war record their sentiments in social media posts, graffiti, tattoos, clothing, and conversations. Such actions become grounds for persecution.

Олександра Горст