Russia brazenly flouts UN Hague Court and jails Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov

Friday, September 29, 2017 - 12:45 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

In a shock move on September 27, a Russian-controlled ‘court’ in Crimea sentenced 60-year-old Ilmi Umerov, who has multiple serious illnesses, to two years’ imprisonment. Given the suspended sentence of journalist Mykola Semena on analogous charges just one week ago, the conclusion seems clear that the harsher sentence in this case is because Ilmi Umerov is Crimean Tatar …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group