In occupied Crimea, 177 individuals were arrested and 100 were detained in the first nine months of 2025.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center (CTRC) reported in its report titled “Analysis of Human Rights Violations in Occupied Crimea for the First Nine Months of 2025,” according to Ukrinform.
Human rights activists indicated that the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health was violated in 57 cases.
Of the 177 people arrested, 68 were Crimean Tatars, and among the 100 detained individuals, 18 were representatives of the Crimean Tatar community, as reported by the CTRC.
Furthermore, activists documented 25 cases of searches, with half of those involving Crimean Tatars. There were also 108 instances of interrogations, questioning, or interviews, along with 57 violations of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; 44 of which directly affected Crimean Tatars.
Eskender Bariev, chairman of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, remarked that hybrid deportation has emerged as a new phase in Russia's repression of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian political prisoners.
“The laws enacted in Russia regarding ‘deportation’ and deprivation of citizenship indicate a return to the totalitarian practices reminiscent of the Stalin era,” said Bariev.
He emphasized that these mechanisms have become new instruments of repression against Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian political prisoners, and the calls for the restoration of the death penalty are alarming signals that could prepare society for a new wave of violence.
Bariev also mentioned that in February 2025, Russia implemented the so-called “expulsion regime,” a new tool in its repressive policy that allows authorities to eliminate “undesirables” under the guise of migration control. Under this regime, foreign citizens without legal grounds to remain in the country can be expelled through a simplified procedure, without trial or the opportunity to defend themselves.