Russia uses isolation, threats & closed trial to hide the one ’state secret’ of its Crimea sabotage plot

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 5:41 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

The trial of at least one of the Sevastopol Ukrainians whom Russia has accused of a ‘sabotage plot’ could be held behind closed doors. The excuse given is that the case allegedly involves material containing state secrets. Scepticism is inevitable given the heavy pressure placed on the men to reject independent lawyers and admit ‘guilt’ and the fact that one of the men has already been sentenced on charges that bore no relation to the ‘confession on video’ that he gave, when showing obvious signs of having been beaten. …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group