A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 The persecution of dissent often takes place under the guise of “combating extrem- ism and terrorism”. Most measures in this respect are undertaken by the Prosecu- tor’s O7 ce of Crimea. In Crimea, an interdepartmental Working Group on the R ght against manifestations of extremism was established, and is headed by the Prose- cutor of Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya. One of the main areas of its activity is a contin- uous monitoring of online resources and social networks. Within the “combating the ideology of terrorism”, the Prosecutor’s O7 ce of Crimea began to urge local residents to contact the Prosecutor’s O7 ce when R nding the Internet resources containing extremist materials. The Prosecutor’s O7 ce in Crimea 28 o7 cial website has a build-in tab “NotiR cation of extremism” , allowing to report ‘manifestations of extremism’ at user’s discretion. Such notiR cations constitute the basis for checking the source of information by prosecution o7 cials, summoning the authors of information to the Prosecutor’s O7 ce, blocking of websites. On September 22, 2015, the leading Crimean mass media received a letter from the Ministry of Internal Policy of Information and Communication of the Republic of Crimea. It said that there are no registered non-proR t organizations under the name of ‘Mejlis’ in Crimea, thus it is recommended to stop using this word in news reports, articles and interviews. The human rights activists repeatedly recorded the cases when the residents of Crimea, openly expressing their pro-Ukrainian position, have been discriminated or prosecuted for the use of Ukrainian symbols. In order to put pressure on the Ukrain- ian activists the administrative formal restrictions are often applied. Yelizaveta Bogutskaya Yelizaveta Bogutskaya is a well-known pro-Ukrainian activist, designer, blogger, and author of critical materials against the annexation of the Crimea, faced prose- cution in early autumn and was forced to leave the Crimea. For instance, on September 8, 2014, the Simferopol police performed a search in Bogutskaya’s house. The police told her hus- band that the activities are a part of the in- vestigation of the incident of May 3, when Bogutskaya, together with the Crimean Ta- 28 http://rkproc.ru/node/84 95