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Eleven years ago, Russian authorities illegally occupied Crimea. Since then, the peninsula According to our data, as of 2024, Crimea has recorded the highest number of politically motivated criminal and administrative cases, as well as the highest rate of politically motivated detentions per 100,000 people compared to any Russian region. Since 2014, we have documented 349 individuals prosecuted in politically motivated criminal cases in Crimea and Sevastopol. This number is higher only in Moscow, where the population is five times that of Crimea. Many of those targeted by Russian authorities are Crimean Tatars. Beyond criminal and administrative prosecutions, local residents have also faced other forms of repression, including forced disappearances and torture.

In this report, we use the terms «occupied» and «occupation» in line with the terminology adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in relation to Crimea. These terms aim to emphasise the international community’s non-recognition of Russia’s unlawful annexation of Crimea.

 

Eleven years ago, Russian authorities illegally occupied Crimea. Since then, the peninsula According to our data, as of 2024, Crimea has recorded the highest number of politically motivated criminal and administrative cases, as well as the highest rate of politically motivated detentions per 100,000 people compared to any Russian region. Since 2014, we have documented 349 individuals prosecuted in politically motivated criminal cases in Crimea and Sevastopol. This number is higher only in Moscow, where the population is five times that of Crimea. Many of those targeted by Russian authorities are Crimean Tatars. Beyond criminal and administrative prosecutions, local residents have also faced other forms of repression, including forced disappearances and torture.

In this report, we use the terms «occupied» and «occupation» in line with the terminology adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in relation to Crimea. These terms aim to emphasise the international community’s non-recognition of Russia’s unlawful annexation of Crimea.

 

Eleven years ago, Russian authorities illegally occupied Crimea. Since then, the peninsula According to our data, as of 2024, Crimea has recorded the highest number of politically motivated criminal and administrative cases, as well as the highest rate of politically motivated detentions per 100,000 people compared to any Russian region. Since 2014, we have documented 349 individuals prosecuted in politically motivated criminal cases in Crimea and Sevastopol. This number is higher only in Moscow, where the population is five times that of Crimea. Many of those targeted by Russian authorities are Crimean Tatars. Beyond criminal and administrative prosecutions, local residents have also faced other forms of repression, including forced disappearances and torture.

In this report, we use the terms «occupied» and «occupation» in line with the terminology adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in relation to Crimea. These terms aim to emphasise the international community’s non-recognition of Russia’s unlawful annexation of Crimea.

 

Eleven years ago, Russian authorities illegally occupied Crimea. Since then, the peninsula According to our data, as of 2024, Crimea has recorded the highest number of politically motivated criminal and administrative cases, as well as the highest rate of politically motivated detentions per 100,000 people compared to any Russian region. Since 2014, we have documented 349 individuals prosecuted in politically motivated criminal cases in Crimea and Sevastopol. This number is higher only in Moscow, where the population is five times that of Crimea. Many of those targeted by Russian authorities are Crimean Tatars. Beyond criminal and administrative prosecutions, local residents have also faced other forms of repression, including forced disappearances and torture.

In this report, we use the terms «occupied» and «occupation» in line with the terminology adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in relation to Crimea. These terms aim to emphasise the international community’s non-recognition of Russia’s unlawful annexation of Crimea.

 

President Trump abruptly announced on Wednesday that he would pause big hikes on tariffs for most countries for 90 days, except for China.

 

Why the threat is far from over, regardless of state lines.

 

China's Foreign Ministry responded quickly to the latest US measures in what has now become a full-blow trade war, announcing an 84 percent tariff on imports of goods from the United States.

 

Tariffs are President Trump's favorite word. That's not an exaggeration.

"I always say 'tariffs' is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary," he said at a rally just hours after his inauguration in January. "Because tariffs are going to make us rich as hell. It's going to bring our country's businesses back that left us."

 

The US Department of State is "alarmed" by the Thai authorities' arrest of US academic Dr Paul Chambers, said department spokesperson Tammy Bruce in a statement issued today (9 April), and is closely monitoring the situation.

 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán launched another attack on the rules-based world order. He invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, for a state visit to Budapest. On this occasion, Orbán announced Hungary’s withdrawal from the ICC, which he defined as “a politically biased” institution. With this move, Hungary undermines the EU’s long-standing and consolidated support for the ICC.

 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán launched another attack on the rules-based world order. He invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, for a state visit to Budapest. On this occasion, Orbán announced Hungary’s withdrawal from the ICC, which he defined as “a politically biased” institution. With this move, Hungary undermines the EU’s long-standing and consolidated support for the ICC.

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“All I Know Is I Want Them Home”: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children from Families in Western Australia.

It’s a struggle to get up every day.… I’m just trying to take it one day at a time and not try and think about the long term and all the things I’m going to miss out on because obviously that doesn’t help and just overwhelms me.

I’m going to miss those first words, the first roll over, everything, they’re going to stop me from that first-time normal experience. You go from being a mum and getting used to doing bottles and feeding times … to completely nothing.

― Briana L. (pseudonym), a 36-year-old Aboriginal woman from Perth, Western Australia, whose three-month old son was removed from her care

In March 2024, Briana L. received an email from Western Australia’s child protection authorities informing her they were planning to remove her only child, 3-month-old “Mica,” from her care.

The email came less than a week after the domestic violence refuge where Briana had lived since Mica’s birth evicted them. Child protection workers said they were taking Mica from Briana’s care due to her unstable housing situation, Briana told Human Rights Watch. Days after the email, child protection authorities from the Western Australian Department of Communities took Mica away.

“They never had an issue with my parenting until I didn’t have a roof over my head,” she said. “Just because someone’s homeless we shouldn’t be taking the child off them. You should be offering them more help if anything.”

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“All I Know Is I Want Them Home”: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children from Families in Western Australia.

It’s a struggle to get up every day.… I’m just trying to take it one day at a time and not try and think about the long term and all the things I’m going to miss out on because obviously that doesn’t help and just overwhelms me.

I’m going to miss those first words, the first roll over, everything, they’re going to stop me from that first-time normal experience. You go from being a mum and getting used to doing bottles and feeding times … to completely nothing.

― Briana L. (pseudonym), a 36-year-old Aboriginal woman from Perth, Western Australia, whose three-month old son was removed from her care

In March 2024, Briana L. received an email from Western Australia’s child protection authorities informing her they were planning to remove her only child, 3-month-old “Mica,” from her care.

The email came less than a week after the domestic violence refuge where Briana had lived since Mica’s birth evicted them. Child protection workers said they were taking Mica from Briana’s care due to her unstable housing situation, Briana told Human Rights Watch. Days after the email, child protection authorities from the Western Australian Department of Communities took Mica away.

“They never had an issue with my parenting until I didn’t have a roof over my head,” she said. “Just because someone’s homeless we shouldn’t be taking the child off them. You should be offering them more help if anything.”

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“All I Know Is I Want Them Home”: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children from Families in Western Australia.

It’s a struggle to get up every day.… I’m just trying to take it one day at a time and not try and think about the long term and all the things I’m going to miss out on because obviously that doesn’t help and just overwhelms me.

I’m going to miss those first words, the first roll over, everything, they’re going to stop me from that first-time normal experience. You go from being a mum and getting used to doing bottles and feeding times … to completely nothing.

― Briana L. (pseudonym), a 36-year-old Aboriginal woman from Perth, Western Australia, whose three-month old son was removed from her care

In March 2024, Briana L. received an email from Western Australia’s child protection authorities informing her they were planning to remove her only child, 3-month-old “Mica,” from her care.

The email came less than a week after the domestic violence refuge where Briana had lived since Mica’s birth evicted them. Child protection workers said they were taking Mica from Briana’s care due to her unstable housing situation, Briana told Human Rights Watch. Days after the email, child protection authorities from the Western Australian Department of Communities took Mica away.

“They never had an issue with my parenting until I didn’t have a roof over my head,” she said. “Just because someone’s homeless we shouldn’t be taking the child off them. You should be offering them more help if anything.”

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“All I Know Is I Want Them Home”: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children from Families in Western Australia.

It’s a struggle to get up every day.… I’m just trying to take it one day at a time and not try and think about the long term and all the things I’m going to miss out on because obviously that doesn’t help and just overwhelms me.

I’m going to miss those first words, the first roll over, everything, they’re going to stop me from that first-time normal experience. You go from being a mum and getting used to doing bottles and feeding times … to completely nothing.

― Briana L. (pseudonym), a 36-year-old Aboriginal woman from Perth, Western Australia, whose three-month old son was removed from her care

In March 2024, Briana L. received an email from Western Australia’s child protection authorities informing her they were planning to remove her only child, 3-month-old “Mica,” from her care.

The email came less than a week after the domestic violence refuge where Briana had lived since Mica’s birth evicted them. Child protection workers said they were taking Mica from Briana’s care due to her unstable housing situation, Briana told Human Rights Watch. Days after the email, child protection authorities from the Western Australian Department of Communities took Mica away.

“They never had an issue with my parenting until I didn’t have a roof over my head,” she said. “Just because someone’s homeless we shouldn’t be taking the child off them. You should be offering them more help if anything.”

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Example: https://themarkup.org/investigations/2025/02/13/dating-app-tinder-hinge-cover-up

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