UK calls on Russia to allow international observers access to Crimea

UK calls on Russia to allow international observers access to Crimea

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The United Kingdom called on the Russian Federation to allow international monitoring organizations access to illegally annexed Crimea and immediately release all political prisoners.

A representative of the UK Mission to the United Nations Geneva said this in a statement, commenting on the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, based on the work of the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

“We condemn Russia for failing to comply with UN General Assembly resolution 73/263, and call on the Russian Federation to allow international monitoring organizations access to illegally annexed Crimea and immediately release all political prisoners,” the UK representative said.

He added that the UK condemned the house raids and arrests of 20 Crimean men in Simferopol in March 2019. “We are appalled by the continued reports of arbitrary detention, unfair trials and use of torture in illegally annexed Crimea, and we remain deeply concerned about the welfare of over 70 Ukrainian political prisoners currently held by Russia, particularly Pavlo Hryb and Edem Bekirov, who are in need of urgent medical treatment,” he stressed.

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