Russia’s terror grip on Crimea tightens with new ruling on 4 Crimean Tatar political prisoners

Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 1:17 (EEST) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

On Dec 27, Russia’s Supreme Court allowed the prosecutor’s appeal against Ruslan Zeitullayev’s 7-year sentence (as opposed to the 17-year sentence demanded) and sent the ‘case’ for retrial. The Court rejected the appeals brought by Ferat Saifullayev; Rustem Vaitov and Nuri Primov against their 5-year sentences. …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group