As a result of Russian Federation
occupying the Crimea and starting the war in Donbas several hundreds of
people were imprisoned, mostly because of their public nonviolent
activities. Among them, there are: film director Oleg Sentsov, student
Pavlo Hryb, human rights advocate Emir-Useiyin Kuku, a journalist from
Donetsk Stanislav Asieiev, coordinator of Crimean Solidarity Server
Mustafayev, farmer Volodymyr Balukh, university teacher Oleh Glaziuk
and others.