Belarus – Plane “Hijacking”: FIDU, ODF and Supolka Call on EU Leaders to React Stiffly

Belarus – Plane “Hijacking”: FIDU, ODF and Supolka Call on EU Leaders to React Stiffly

24.05.2021

On Sunday, May 23th 2021, the Belarusian authorities forced a plane of the Ireland-based Ryanair which was traveling on the Athens-Vilnius route to divert its route and land in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, in order to arrest Roman Protasevich, a 26-year-old journalist and exiled dissident who was on board. The plane was flying over Belarus […]

Russia abducts a young disabled Ukrainian and charges him with terrorism

Russia abducts a young disabled Ukrainian and charges him with terrorism

14.09.2017

On August 24, 2017, Pavlo Gryb, a Ukrainian citizen, disappeared in Belarus. Two weeks later it became known that he was in a detention facility in Russia. According to Gryb, some persons unknown to him forcefully took him out of Belarus and brought him to Krasnodar (Russia)

Turkey helped Nazarbayev to kidnap political refugee Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov

Turkey helped Nazarbayev to kidnap political refugee Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov

23.01.2017

On 21 January, 2017 Turkish special services along with Kazakhstan special services took Zhaksylyk Zharimbetov, colleague of Kazakh opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov, out from Turkey to an unknown destination. Zharimbetov was granted refugee status in Great Britain.

The list of Ukrainian citizens who have been subjected to politically motivated criminal prosecution by Russia’s law enforcement bodies in the years 2014-2016

The list of Ukrainian citizens who have been subjected to politically motivated criminal prosecution by Russia’s law enforcement bodies in the years 2014-2016

05.10.2016

Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, at least 43 Ukrainian citizens have been illegally prosecuted for political reasons on the part of the Russian law enforcement agencies. Of them 6 have been released, 30 are still held in detention facilities or prisons.

‘Hostages of the Kremlin’: increase of the number of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the illegally occupied Crimea

‘Hostages of the Kremlin’: increase of the number of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the illegally occupied Crimea

30.09.2016

On Friday 23 September, 2016, the Open Dialogue Foundation and the Center for Civil Liberties organized an OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting side-event on Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the illegally occupied Crimea.

OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting side-event on ‘Hostages of the Kremlin’

OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting side-event on ‘Hostages of the Kremlin’

30.09.2016

On Friday 23 September, 2016, the Open Dialogue Foundation and the Center for Civil Liberties organized an OSCE ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting side-event on Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the illegally occupied Crimea.

Alfredo Arpaia on the case of Nadiya Savchenko

Alfredo Arpaia on the case of Nadiya Savchenko

12.12.2014

Alfredo Arpaia, the head of the Italian league for Human Rights (LIDU, Lega Italiana dei Diritti Dell’Uomo) and a member of the International Organisation for Human Rights (FIDH) has addressed Italian authorities with regard to the case of Nadiya Savchenko.

Martin Schulz responds to ODF’s letter on Sentsov

Martin Schulz responds to ODF’s letter on Sentsov

29.09.2014

Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, replied to the letter sent by the ODF concerning the case of Oleg Sentsov and other Crimean activists abducted and taken to Moscow by FSB officers and charged with terrorist activities.

Crimean separatists have brutally beaten two activists of the EuroMaidan and kidnapped Tatiana Tkachenko, a journalist of the Open Dialogue Foundation

Crimean separatists have brutally beaten two activists of the EuroMaidan and kidnapped Tatiana Tkachenko, a journalist of the Open Dialogue Foundation

16.03.2014

On the night of 16 March, 2014, journalist Tatiana Tkachenko was kidnapped in Sevastopol. She is a member of the observation mission organised by the Open Dialogue Foundation in the Crimea.

Crimean Separatists Assault Journalists, Seizing their Professional Equipment

Crimean Separatists Assault Journalists, Seizing their Professional Equipment

12.03.2014

On 11.03.2014, at the Crimean border, an aggravated robbery was committed against the film crew of the “ТК SKY TG 24” Italian television channel. Similar cases have become common on the Crimean peninsula in parallel with the start of the occupation by Russian armed forces.

The Crimea: kidnapping of journalists and civil activists

The Crimea: kidnapping of journalists and civil activists

10.03.2014

Several Ukrainian activists and journalists have been kidnapped in the Crimea by so-called ‘vigilantes’ and representatives of the ‘Crimean Self-defence Forces’. Their whereabouts remain unknown.

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