Crimea Rights Violators Must Be Punished, Report Says

Human rights violations in Crimea, including attacks on minorities and journalists, must be investigated urgently and those responsible brought to justice, the Council of Europe said.

A “message of zero tolerance” of violence and discrimination must be sent, the Council’s Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks said in a report published today. It described “abductions” of civil society activists and attacks on Crimean Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians and people who have refused Russian citizenship since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula in March.