Crimea

Due to the current political status of Crimea the region has its own page which is linked from both the Russia and the Ukraine pages.

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Ukrinform – 30th April 2019

• Russia violates religious freedom in Crimea and Donbas – USCIRF
  *cross-posted on the Crimea page.

Polygraph.info – 28th April 2019

• Putin Makes Misleading Claim Justifying Passports to Ukrainians
  * cross-posted on the Russia, Ukraine and Crimea pages

Forum 18 – 24th April 2019

• CRIMEA: Residents “don’t believe” FSB allegations against imam

The National Review – 3rd April 2019

• Moscow Snuffs Out Religious Liberty in Eastern Ukraine
  * cross-posted on the Russia, Ukraine & Crimea pages.

Forum 18 – 2nd April 2019

• CRIMEA: Raids, another criminal case, four appeals

The Financial – 21st March 2019

• Jehovah’s Witnesses Detained, Targeted By Authorities In Crimea

Kyiv Post – 21st March 2019

• Halya Coynash: Armed searches and arrests of Jehovah’s Witnesses in occupied Crimea

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty – 21st March 2019

• Jehovah’s Witnesses Detained, Targeted By Authorities In Crimea

Polygraph.info – 15th March 2019

• The Crimean Annexation Five Years On

Unian Information Agency – 18th February 2019

• Ukraine’s SBU chief: Over 130 Crimean Tatars persecuted by Russia’s FSB since occupation of Crimea

112 International – 10th February 2019

• Russian security forces search pro-Ukrainian activist in annexed Crimea

Forum 18 – 24th January 2019

• CRIMEA: Four years’ jail for mosque meetings

Forum 18 – 28th November 2018

• CRIMEA: Up to 10 years’ jail for Muslims, Jehovah’s Witness?

Human Rights in Ukraine – 19th November 2019

• 78-year-old believer manhandled as Russia comes for Jehovah’s Witnesses in occupied Crimea

Kyiv News – 19th November 2018

• Halya Coynash: 78-year-old believer manhandled as Russia comes for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea

Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten – 17th November 2018

• Razzia gegen Zeugen Jehovas auf der Krim
  Translation into English available HERE.

Crime Russia/Преступная Россия – 16th November 2018

• ФСБ устроила облаву на сторонников секты «Свидетели Иеговы»
• English version: https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/fsb-organizes-round-up-against-supporters-of-jehovah-s-witnesses-cult/

The Siver Week – 16th November 2018

• IN THE CRIMEA, CARRIED OUT SEARCHES AND ARRESTS “JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES” – JOURNALIST

112 UA International – 16th November 2018

• FSB searches Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea
• HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: NOV. 12 – 16

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty – 16th November 2018

• Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Homes Searched In Crimea

United News of India – 16th November 2018

• UN General Assemby Adopts Third Resolution on Alleged Human Rights Violations in Crimea

The Ukrainian Weekly – 9th November 2018

• Occupation authorities’ persecution of religion

Unian Information Agency – 8th November 2018

• U.S. imposes sanctions against officials, entities over Crimea, Donbas
  * this article has been cross-posted on the Crimea page.

Digital Journal – 8th November 2018

• US sanctions Russians over Crimea business dealings
  * this article has been cross-posted on the Russia page.

Kyiv Post – 5th November 2018

• Halya Coynash: Russia uses Kerch mass killing for hate campaign against Jehovah’s Witnesses

Crime Russia – 29th October 2018

• Classmate says Kerch shooter was popular in high school

Crime Russia – 25th October 2018

• Kerch shooter was cult member

Human Rights in Ukraine – 24th October 2018

• Russia uses same methods of persecution against Crimean Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses

RT – 20th October 2018

• Playing online games & ‘torturing cats’: Who was the Crimea college shooter?

Вести – 20th October 2018

• Керченского убийцу окружали адепты тоталитарных сект
  Translation into English available HERE.

The Telegraph – 18th October 2018

• Putin says Crimean school shooting result of ‘globalisation’

The Straits Times – 18th October 2018

• Russian investigators looking into Crimea teenage gunman’s motive

UA Portal – 18th October 2018

• Мать Влада Рослякова была из секты “Свидетелей Иеговы”. Влад называл их дураками – Mash
  Translation into English available HERE.

TV Net – 18th October 2018

• “Тихий и спокойный” убийца колледжа был не агрессивным подростком с матерью-сектанткой
  Translation into English available HERE.

L!FE – 18th October 2018

• Брала сына с собой. Мать керченского стрелка состояла в секте “Свидетели Иеговы”
  Translation into English available HERE.

Times LIve – 18th October 2018

• Crimea killer was ‘bullied’, says ex-girlfriend; Putin blames globalisation

Ридус – 18th October 2018

• «Из меня чуть психа не сделала»: стрелок из Керчи жаловался на игру «Метро»
  Translation into English available HERE.

Obozrevatel – 18th October 2018

• Кровавый теракт в Керчи: появились новые подробности о стрелке
  Translation into English available HERE.

Crime Russia – 18th October 2018

• New details transpire about Kerch shooter’s identity

Human Rights In Ukraine – 17th October 2018

• Russian controlled ‘Luhansk republic’ bans all Protestant churches

The Independent – 24th June 2017

• Jehovah’s Witness in Crimea ‘ordered to renounce faith to be drafted into Russian army’