Girl kidnapped in Crimea accused of treason by occupiers

The abducted young woman in Crimea was charged with treason and her arrest was extended until October 2025. Human rights activists call it another manifestation of repression against Crimeans.

This was reported by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.

24-year-old Hatidze Buyukhchan, who was detained by the occupation authorities on May 6, 2025, was charged with a new criminal offense and her arrest was extended. This was reported by the Crimean Human Rights Group.

According to the report, on July 9, Khatidze was charged under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - "high treason". The occupation Leninsky District Court of Akyar (Sevastopol), composed of the so-called judge D.R. Nasirov, decided to extend the girl's detention until October 13, 2025.

On May 6, Hatidze traveled by bus from Staryi Krym to Akmesdzhit (Simferopol), after which the connection with her was cut off. Her phone was turned off, and her family could not establish her whereabouts, worrying for her safety. The next day it became known that the girl was detained by representatives of the occupation law enforcement agencies, but the details of the arrest and her place of detention are still unknown.

The Crimean Tatar Resource Center emphasized that this is another case of illegal detention aimed at intimidating Crimean youth. Active young people, especially women, are increasingly being persecuted and intimidated by the occupation authorities.

More than 100 Ukrainians are being held in the occupied territories of Crimea and Kherson region, accused of "espionage" and "sabotage". Their cases are accompanied by numerous human rights violations and torture. Occupation courts regularly hand down harsh sentences on trumped-up charges, continuing political repression of pro-Ukrainian citizens. During detentions, the FSB accuses Ukrainians of preparing sabotage, weapons possession, and espionage.

In many cases, torture, psychological pressure, falsification of evidence, and demonstration videos of "confessions" were recorded and then disseminated through Russian media. The persecution of women, including Hatidze Buyukhchan, Oksana Shevchenko and others, who remain behind bars on political charges, continues.

Анна Бальчінос