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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.

New Raids and Arrests in Crimea

Riot police and Crimean Tatar activists in front of Kiev District Court in Simferopol. Crimea, February 17, 2021. © 2021 Crimean Solidarity On February 17, Russia’s security services and national guard raided the homes of seven Muslim men in Crimea six of them Crimean Tatars. At four in the morning, armed men banged on the doors and windows of their homes in Sevastopol, Bakhchisaray, Belogorsk, and Simferopol. They entered without introducing themselves, conducted searches, questioned terrified family, and confiscated religious books. Then they took the men away. The same day, courts ordered six of them be placed in custody until mid-April, one of their lawyers told me.

Crimean Tatar Activists Detained After Homes Searched

Crimean Tatar Activists Detained After Homes Searched February 17, 2021 11:43 GMT Share share Print SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine Russian authorities have detained several Crimean Tatar activists after their homes were searched in Ukraine s Russian-controlled Crimea region. The Crimean Solidarity group told RFE/RL on February 17 that the searches were conducted at the homes of Abdulbori Makhamadaminov, Azamat Eyupov, Timur Yalkabov, Ernest Ibragimov, Oleh Fyodorov, Lenur Seydametov, and Yashar Shikhametov in different towns and cities across Crimea. The official reason for the searches remains unclear. Ukrainian Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said in a statement that all of the men were taken to the FSB s directorate in Crimea after the searches.

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