The court hearing on Akhtem Chiygoz’s complaint about custody was very quickly
The ruling on rejection of complaint was issued before the court hearing on August 2
Memorial points to the lack of evidence of commission or preparation of terrorist attacks by the participants in this organization anywhere in the world
Investigation has no evidence pointing to the preparation of acts of terrorism or other violent actions by the suspects in the case
At least 31 Ukrainians, including 16 Crimean Tatars, have been still held in Russian prisons
The Russian-controlled court in Crimea has prolonged the custodial term of Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Akhtem Chiygoz until July 22
In 2015, the Russian courts convicted 414 persons under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (extremism); the number is three times higher than in 2011 (137 persons)
The human rights activists believe that a new wave of reprisals against the Crimean Tatars has started in the Russian-occupied Crimea
They talked for about an hour and a half. They were assisted by an interpreter, offered by the occupying power of Crimea
The mission was invited to the court hearing by Nikolai Polozov
The occupation authorities in Crimea use both legal and extralegal mechanisms to persecute activists.
Akhtem Chiygoz was first arrested on Jan 29, 2015, and his detention was recently extended for a further 2 months until June 30
Just hours after threats from Crimea’s ‘prosecutor’ that Ukrainian ‘nationalists and radicals’ could expect to be jailed in Russian-occupied Crimea, claims have been made of ‘mass provocation’ planned around the anniversary of the 1944 Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People on May 18
Akhtem Chiygoz, Deputy Head of the Mejlis or Crimean Tatar representative assembly has gone on hunger strike in protest at being placed in a solitary confinement punishment cell
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