Human Rights Watch: Kremlin mopping up the remaining dissenters in Crimea By Human Rights Watch. Published April 15, 2016 at 7:55 pm An officer of the Russian riot police force OMON stands guard outside the offices of Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR in Simferopol on Jan. 26, 2015. Photo by AFP Russia is tightening the screws on critics of its actions in Crimea. Read more.