Russia frees jailed Crimean Tatar leaders Chiygoz and Umerov but into exile from Crimea

Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 2:25 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

More details have emerged of the unexpected release on October 25 of imprisoned Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov. The initial reports that Russia was not preventing them from returning to Crimea were too optimistic and both will, like other Crimean Tatar leaders, be exiled while Crimea remains under occupation …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group