Human rights situation in Crimea continued to be marked by multiple and ongoing violations – UN

The human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea continued to be marked by multiple and ongoing violations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said.

"The number of registered IDPs [internally displaced persons] from Crimea continued to grow with officially 17,794 Crimean IDPs registered on mainland Ukraine," reads a report by the OHCHR on Ukraine.

According to the UN, there are the cases of curtailment of the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, association, of religion or belief, and increasing intimidation of Crimean Tatars.

" Police continue searches of private property especially of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian population, under the pretext of combating extremism," the report said.

The OHCHR advised the Crimean authorities to guarantee all fundamental rights to all persons in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, including freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, expression, religion and movement, as well as right to education and guarantees of economic and social rights.

Besides, the UN urges to investigate the cases alleged killing and enforced disappearances of Crimean civil activists (Reshat Ametov, Timur Shaimardanov, Seiran Zinedin, Leonid Korzh, Vasyl Chernysh) and hold accountable the perpetrators.

The organization calls to ensure monitoring of the human rights situation in Crimea by the UN HRMMU.