Crimea: Human rights monitors urgently needed as journalists and activists face wave of attacks | Amnesty International

Crimea: Human rights monitors urgently needed as journalists and activists face wave of attacks | Amnesty International

 “Attempting to monitor the human rights situation in Crimea has become a
near impossible task. Self-styled Crimean self-defence groups are
harassing pro-Ukrainian protesters, journalists and human rights
monitors with complete impunity,” said John Dalhuisen, Europe and
Central Asia Director at Amnesty International. 

 

 

On 5 March, 100 men who identified themselves as the Crimean Self
Defence League forced some 40 women to end their peaceful protest in
Crimea’s capital, Simferopol.

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