The representative of the Ukrainian ombudsman discussed with the NATO ambassador the issue of oppression of the Crimean Tatar people by the occupiers
On September 25, Iryna Verigina, Representative of the Ukrainian Ombudsman in Crimea, discussed with Alexander Vinnikov, Head of the NATO Mission in Ukraine, and representatives of the Crimean Tatar People's Majlis in Kherson Oblast the issue of oppression of the Crimean Tatar people by the occupying authorities and the problems faced by IDPs.
Verigina announced this on her Facebook page.
In particular, she stressed that due to the occupation of Crimea, Russia violated the Hague Convention of 1907, the IV Geneva Convention of 1949, the Memorandum of Security in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and other international legal acts.
Verigina noted that Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova constantly monitors human rights violations in occupied Crimea and calls on international human rights organizations to use all available levers of influence on Russia to "stop the terror against Ukrainian citizens".
What is known
- The Office of the Ombudsman of Ukraine reported that the human rights situation at the Chaplynka checkpoint remains critical, despite repairs and arrangements at all checkpoints on the administrative border between occupied Crimea and Kherson region. Thus, the situation with the observance of citizens' rights has significantly improved at the Kalanchak and Chongar checkpoints.
- According to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova, between 113 and 115 Ukrainian citizens are being held in Russian prisons. The list of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center includes 86 Crimean political prisoners.
