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Punishment Cells on Dubious Grounds: Kyiv Resident Vyhivskiy’s Conditions of Detention in Russia

Since 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has documented human rights violations perpetrated against persons arrested in Crimea (The Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, occupied by the Russian Federation). Some of them were subsequently deported to the Russian Federation in violation of international humanitarian law.

Crimean Tatars in detention in the Russian Federation: solitary confinement, arbitrary punishments and inadequate medical care

Since 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has documented human rights violations perpetrated against Crimean residents and specifically Crimean Tatars. These include poor conditions of detention for Crimean residents who are detained in Crimea and are often forcibly transferred to the Russian Federation — in violation of international humanitarian law — to stand trial and serve their prison sentences there.