Russia jails at least 89 people in Crimean cases only
Ukrinform
Russia has jailed at least 89 people as defendants in Crimean affairs only.
"Russia holds at least 89 people behind bars," chairperson of the Crimean Human Rights Group Olha Skrypnyk said.
According to her, most of the convicts - 65 people - are Crimean Tatars.
"There are Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians among them. At least 65 people, mostly Crimean Tatars, are defendants in the so-called ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir case’, they are charged with terrorism. If to speak about Ukrainians, there is activist Oleh Prykhodko among them. He was detained in 2019. There are also so-called ‘Ukrainian saboteurs’," the human rights defender noted.
The rights of these people are blatantly violated because the evidence of their guilt was falsified and they have been jailed illegally, Skrypnyk noted.
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