The splash of human rights violations was observed on territories of so-called ‘DPR’ and ‘LPR’ on November 2016. Regular arrests and sentencing, obstructing the activities of international humanitarian organizations, a violation of property rights and freedom of assembly, forced participation in “patriotic” and “social” actions were detected and it’s not a full list of incorrect actions.
Illegal arrests and detentions
Few illegal detentions of pro-Ukrainian citizens were made and also sentenced were imposed to earlier detained people on November in ‘republics’.
So, at the beginning of November ‘DPR Supreme Court’ sentenced to 14 years imprisoning Maxim Teorenter, which authorities consider the organizer of ‘attempt’ on Aleksander Zakharchenko.
‘MGB DPR’ has detained on November 11 six members of Ukrainian organization ‘Misanthropic Division’, who ostensibly earlier took the responsibility on themselves for the murder of chieftain ‘Sparta’ gang Arsen Pavlov, known as ‘Motorola’.
LPR ‘top-brassers’ are continuing to illegally hold the representatives of movement ‘Ultras Black and White’ of Football Club ‘Zarya’. They were arrested on October in Luhansk and accused in ‘undermining of the constitutional order of the republic and the discrediting of LPR state power’. Dmitry Kramarenko and Vyacheslav Ukrainsky were ‘transferred to re-education’ into ‘LPR’ young organizations with ban to leave uncontrolled territories. The criminal case under Article 335 of ‘Criminal Code of LPR’ ‘High treason through espionage’ and under Part 1, Article 338 ‘Public outrage over the national flag of LPR’ was initiated against Vladislav Ovcharenko, born in 1996 and Artem Akhmerov born in 1997. The courts held secretly, any communication with relatives is forbidden.
‘Ministry of State Security of Luhansk People’s Republic’ (MGB LPR) reported on November 29, that the resident of Luhansk Edward Nedelyaev (web-nickname Edward Ned) was detained.
He was accused of spreading the materials in social media, which ‘LPR law enforcements’ qualified as extremist. Edward was charged with ‘high treason’. Criminal cases under Articles 335 (espionage) and 343 (inciting hatred or hostility, and humiliation of human dignity) of ‘Criminal Code of LPR’ were initiated.
Obstruction of journalism
‘DPR top-brassers’ detained the correspondents of Russian TV-channel ‘Dozhd’ (Rain) Sergei Erzhenkov and Vasily Polonsky on November 25 in Donetsk. Later they were expelled in RF ostensibly for violation of the legislation, regulating journalistic activities. ‘MGB DPR’ added that ‘watched materials of ‘Dozhd’ have provocative sense and directed to distort social-economic and political situation in ‘DPR’.
Preventing of activity of international humanitarian organizations
‘DPR Inter-Ministerial Committee on Accreditation of humanitarian missions’ withdrew the accreditation of Czech organization ‘People in Need’ on November 25 ostensibly ‘because of systematic ignoring of the demands of ‘Committee’ to implementing programs on issuing humanitarian aid to ‘DPR’ inhabitants and disparity of the activity of ‘People in Need’ organization to earlier declared aims’. Organization also accused in ‘destructive work, which revealed in the constructing of the corruption schemes, connected with distribution of humanitarian aid among population’.
Creating of a parallel legal system, lawyers, notaries, courts
The press-service of ‘DPR Supreme Court’ has reported, that as of November 3, 2016, ‘general jurisdiction courts’ of pseudo-republic have considered more than 54 000 of materials and cases. Total number of cases, taken up by ‘DPR courts’, is 64 743 court cases and materials from the beginning of the year. ‘Arbitration court’ has considered 340 cases during this period.
‘Regulations’, relating to land rights were accepted in November 2016, on the territory, controlled by ‘LPR’ gangs. The ‘Council of Ministers’ has approved in November 8 new edition of ‘Interim arrangements for regulation of land relations’. The procedure for obtaining the issuance of duplicates of the right to immovable property ownership certificates was developed.
‘LPR Council of Ministers’ has accepted a decree ‘About peculiarities of regulation of land relations on the territory of Luhansk People’s Republic’, where par. 11, giving limited right to use someone else’s land, appeared. Also an order of a lease of land was changed in new decree.
So-called ‘LPR Ministry of Nature and Environmental Safety’ develops legislative acts, which allow to remove fauna objects through the border of pseudo-republic.
Coercion to participate in ‘patriotic’ and ‘social’ ‘republics’ promotions
Rallies and mass meetings took place in ‘LPR’ and ‘DPR’ in November, as in previous months by initiative of chieftains of the gangs. According to published photos and videos, in general pupils, students, budgetary organizations and enterprises workers were engaged on mss meetings. All events are used as the instrument of propaganda.
Flashmob, dedicated to ‘Day of National Unity’, which is celebrated there on November 4, took place on November 3, on the central square of Krasnodon (Luhansk region). It was held on the initiative of ‘administration’ of the city and Krasnodon district, under the support of social movement ‘Mir Luganschine’, which is owned by Plotnitsky.
Next day, the youth were gathered in Luhansk to take part in ‘Russian jogging’, ‘Unity March’ was organized in Krasny Luch and more than 2 000 of people were taking part in the ‘festivity’, dedicated to ‘Day of National Unity’.
This day nearly 4 000 people from different ‘DPR’ cities were gathered in Donetsk on the second anniversary of the ‘inauguration of the head of republic’.
The event ‘No fascism!’ and ‘meeting-requiem’ were held on the initiative of children and youth organizations ‘Molodaya Gvardiy’ (Young Guard) of social movement ‘Mir Luganschine’, which is owned by Plotnitsky, took place in Zimogorie, Slavyanoserbsk district on November 11.
Violation of property rights
Misappropriation of property, temporary left by owners, is happening on Donbass territories, controlled by gangs.
After the term, defined by ‘law’, if owner of the property doesn’t appear, it’s transferred under the control of authorities ‘L/DPR’.
At this way, the post about detecting of elevator’s owner, located on Jeleznorozhnaya street, 2, Lutuhino was published on the ‘official’ website of ‘LPR State Tax Committee and fees’ on November 29. Earlier, ‘LPR tax police’ claimed about search of owners of railway road length 126 meters by address: Panfilova street 2-b, Slavyanoserbsk district, Zimogorie. Also, the owner of 14 billboards in Luhansk is detecting.