IRYNA DANYLOVYCH
Iryna Danylovych is a human rights defender, medical professional, and civic journalist who has exposed problems in the healthcare system in Crimea and advocated for the rights of health workers.
In December 2022, Russian authorities in Russia-occupied Crimea sentenced Danylovych, 44, to seven years in prison on fabricated charges of “unlawful handling of explosives.” On July 24, 2023, without notifying Danylovych’s family or lawyer, they unlawfully transferred her to a pretrial detention facility in southern Russia. In August Danylovych was transferred to Penal Colony No. 7 in Zelenokumsk, Stavropol region, and was refused to be provided with necessary medications.