About 400 more Crimeans have been brought to justice for calling for an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, the Russians hold more than 180 Ukrainian political prisoners, and since March 2022, at least 370 people have been brought to administrative responsibility for “discrediting the Russian army.” This was said by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
“Throughout the occupation, Russia’s policy aimed to discredit Ukraine by persecuting pro-Ukrainian citizens. The occupied law enforcement and judicial systems operated as a repressive mechanism to persecute and terrorize the civilian population in Crimea,” he said.
According to the Prosecutor General, during the nine-year occupation, the Russians have been conducting illegal searches, accompanied by torture and detention, most cases ending in imprisonment.
“More than 180 Ukrainian political prisoners in Crimea became victims of the invaders,” Kostin said.
The Prosecutor General also recalled the political persecution of Crimeans who disagreed with the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine.
“Since March 2022, the occupying authorities have been brought to administrative responsibility for the so-called discrediting of the Russian army by at least 370 people for publishing or displaying calls to stop the war,” he stressed.
It was previously reported that Russia is continuing repressions in Crimea on religious grounds. Occupying authorities have opened more than 100 criminal cases related to religion on the peninsula.
Source: korrespondent
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