Activists from the civic movement #LiberateCrimea are calling on Ukrainian MPs to take individual Kremlin hostages under their care, with the initiative strongly supported by former political prisoners like Oleg Sentsov and Edem Bekirov. Although #LiberateCrimea are specifically addressing Ukraine’s legislators, Russia is holding over 100 Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainian political prisoners, and everyone of us can play a role in ensuring that the world knows about such repression and that each victim knows that he or she is not forgotten.
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Activists hold a poster that reads "Free political prisoners" during a rally in Kyiv on Oct. 10, 2020.
