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Human rights organizations in Ukraine have issued a statement calling on international organizations and democracies to condemn Russia’s actions in persecuting Ukrainians in Crimea and calling for tougher sanctions to be imposed against the occupying state, according to the website of the ZMINA human rights organization.

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