Two Crimean Tatars Handed Lengthy Prison Terms In Russia On 'Extremism' Charge

A court in Russia has sentenced two Crimean Tatar activists to lengthy prison terms after convicting them of being members of a banned Islamic group amid an ongoing crackdown on the ethnic group that has been critical of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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