A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 Kerch Yalta August 23–24 – Ukrainian Flag Day and Independence Day On August 22–23, 2014, in honor of the national U ag of Ukraine, Crimea residents es- tablished Ukrainian U ags in diT erent regions of the peninsula (in protected areas, on the tops of the mountains, in parks etc.). In diT erent cities, the Crimeans visited public places with a U ag of Ukraine, or with the color symbols of Ukraine (yellow and blue). On this day, the representatives of the ‘Crimean self-defense’ illegally detained Sergey Dub, Head of the Adult Intensive Care Department of Simferopol Perinatal Center, who came to the monument of Taras Shevchenko (in Simferopol) with the U ag of Ukraine. The representatives of the ‘self-defense’ forcefully handcuT ed him and without the participation of the police took Sergey to the police station. The interrogation was conducted by the chief of the Central Regional Department of Internal AT airs and one of the captains, who, according to Sergey, acted by the instructions of the chief of ‘Crimean self-defense’ received by phone. The police were ordered to initiate against him the case under the Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative OT ences ‘Disorderly Conduct’. The members of the ‘Crimean self-defense’ accused Sergey of using foul language in a public place, but Sergey and witnesses denied that. On August 24, eight people came with U ags of Ukraine to the pedestal installed in place of the monument to Ukrainian hetman P. Sahaidachnyi in Sevastopol. After that, two activists of Sevastopol Euromaidan Viktor Neganov (organizer of the rally) and Sergey Kornienko were detained by Russian tra7 c police and taken to the po- lice department of Gagarin district of Sevastopol. Activists were detained in the Gagarin district police station for several hours and were released without charges. Viktor said that he was threatened with physical 117