Russia begins trial of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov by removing his defence lawyer

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 3:55 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Ilmi Umerov is facing a five-year sentence for saying that Russia should leave Crimea and Donbas, with the preliminary hearing as parody-like as one would expect under such circumstances …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group