{"id":2896,"date":"2025-07-10T13:30:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrhcrimea.org.ua\/letters-behind-bars-how-artificial-intelligence-helps-to-write-letters-to-crimean-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:25:44","slug":"letters-behind-bars-how-artificial-intelligence-helps-to-write-letters-to-crimean-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrhcrimea.org.ua\/en\/letters-behind-bars-how-artificial-intelligence-helps-to-write-letters-to-crimean-political-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Write Letters to Crimean Political Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Writing letters to those unjustly detained became even more easy with the new AI-powered online format.
Introduced by Human Rights House Crimea<\/strong> and Crimean Process<\/strong> the new project collects letters created online and supports the effort of the physically written \u201cLetters to a Free Crimea\u201dcampaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To write a letter: choose one of the two forms, answer a few questions, select a person you are writing to and the system will generate a sincere letter that will be delivered through official online services working with Russian prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write your first letter<\/a>, also available in Ukrainian<\/a>.
Write a follow-up letter<\/a> if you\u2019ve already sent one before, also available in Ukrainian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All letters are translated into Russian to comply with prison censorship requirements. If a response is received, it is forwarded to the letter\u2019s author. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sending letters to Crimean political prisoners is not always easy and sometimes impossible e.g. to send them from Ukraine. It also takes the knowledge of which language to use, what to say – and many more reasons that might discourage those willing to support Crimean political prisoners cut out from the outside world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even a single letter can be a source of support for a political prisoner living in conditions of isolation and psychological pressure.
As of 2025, at least 224 Crimean political prisoners are being held in places of detention across Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea. Many of them are in a difficult psycho-emotional state, feeling a loss of hope. However, former prisoners have repeatedly stated: it was letters \u2014 even from strangers \u2014 that gave them the strength to hold on. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Quote by Vladyslav Yesypenko, Ukrainian journalist and former political prisoner:
“From my own experience, I can say that we have great strength. The power to keep faith in freedom for Crimean political prisoners. To keep faith in life itself.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of those you can write to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n