Situation of Ukrainian Political Prisoners in the Russian Federation and Crimea (Ukraine)
Written declaration
No.
642
| Doc. 14423
| 12 October 2017
- Signatories:
- Mr Volodymyr ARIEV,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Boriana ÅBERG,
Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr Boryslav BEREZA,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Włodzimierz BERNACKI,
Poland, EC ; Sir Jeffrey DONALDSON,
United Kingdom, EC ; Lord Alexander DUNDEE,
United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Mustafa DZHEMILIEV,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Baroness Margaret EATON,
United Kingdom, EC ; Lady Diana ECCLES,
United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Nigel EVANS,
United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Axel FISCHER,
Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Iryna GERASHCHENKO,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Dame Cheryl GILLAN,
United Kingdom, EC ; Ms Ingebjørg GODSKESEN,
Norway, EC ; Ms Nino GOGUADZE,
Georgia, EC ; Mr Vladyslav GOLUB,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO,
Ukraine, EC ; Mr John HOWELL,
United Kingdom, EC ; Ms Mariia IONOVA,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI,
Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhii KIRAL,
Ukraine, EC ; Mr Serhiy LABAZIUK,
Ukraine, SOC ; Mr Luís LEITE RAMOS,
Portugal, EPP/CD ; Mr Oleh LIASHKO,
Ukraine, NR ; Mr Georgii LOGVYNSKYI,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Jarosław OBREMSKI,
Poland, EC ; Ms Gabriela PECKOVÁ,
Czech Republic, EPP/CD ; Ms Irina PRUIDZE,
Georgia, NR ; Mr Paul SCULLY,
United Kingdom, EC ; Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Rita TAMAŠUNIENĖ,
Lithuania, EC ; Mr Kostiantyn USOV,
Ukraine, EC ; Mr Sergiy VLASENKO,
Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Viktor VOVK,
Ukraine, EC ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS,
Lithuania, EPP/CD
This written declaration commits only those who have signed it.
Since the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine
in 2014, followed by the illegal annexation of Crimea and military
interference in Eastern Donbas, the numerous cases of human rights
violations of Ukrainian nationals, including Crimean Tatars, have
been reported by the UN, the Council of Europe and the OSCE. The
Russian occupation authorities in Crimea use all methods in creating
an atmosphere of fear in the peninsula.
Deputy Heads of Crimean Tatar Mejlis Ahtem Chiygoz and Ilmi
Umerov, journalist Mykola Semena, farmer Volodymyr Balukh in Russia-occupied
Crimea, Roman Sushchenko in Moscow, Stanislav Aseiev kept hostage by
Russian proxies in Donetsk, and 19-year-old Pavlo Gryb, kidnapped
in Belarus by the Russian security service for his pro-Ukrainian
position are among dozens of Ukrainians considered guilty of committing
no crime.
Taking into account the situation mentioned above, we call
on the Committee of Ministers, Secretary General, Commissioner for
Human Rights to prompt concrete actions with the view of protecting
the rights and freedoms of these persons and ensuring their liberation.
We also call on Council of Europe member States and the European
Union to impose personal sanctions on Russian citizens alleged in
the brutal violation of fundamental human rights.
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