Crimean Tatar who sued Putin over annexation of Crimea ‘deported’ to Uzbekistan

Thursday, May 17, 2018 - 0:58 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

Russia has sent Crimean Tatar Nedim Khalilov against his will to Uzbekistan after illegally taking him from his Crimean home and holding him in a ‘centre for foreigners’ in Russia for 18 months. This cynical deportation of a 58-year-old who has no links with Uzbekistan can be viewed as reprisal for Khalilov’s attempt to bring legal proceedings against Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group