Russia hunts ‘organizers’ of Crimean Tatar solitary pickets against repression

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 2:55 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

A number of Crimean Tatars who on October 14 held single-person pickets in protest at mounting repression have been summoned to the police for questioning. The summonses, like the detention of 49 Crimean Tatar picketers on Saturday, are in breach even of Russian legislation, and there are fears that Russia may try to concoct criminal prosecution of some supposed ‘organizer’. …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group