Rights Groups Spotlight Russia’s Abuses in Crimea

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Crimean Tatars holding their flag during rallies near the Crimean parliament building on February 26, 2014, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Crimea. © 2014 Baz Ratner/Reuters A series of policy discussions and events in Brussels between May 12-16, 2025, will spotlight the grave violations of international human rights and humanitarian law Russia has committed since it began occupying Crimea in 2014.These abuses, which Human Rights Watch and other groups have been documenting for 11 years, require urgent attention, particularly in the context of the ongoing…

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