PART 4 A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA violence, and psychological pressure was also applied to him. During the illegal de- tention, the tra7 c police seized his passport and vehicle keys. A year later, on August 22, 2015, Veldar Shukurdzhiev, the activist of the Ukraini- an Cultural Centre, was served a Resolution on the inadmissibility of holding the uncoordinated public events on August 23 (Ukrainian Flag Day) and 24 (Ukraine’s Independence Day). In addition to the members of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, which had previously applied for holding peaceful assemblies on August 24, other pro-Ukrainian activists, who had not been involved in the organization or participa- tion in peaceful assemblies were warned. December 10 − International Human Rights Day Every year on December 10, a rally has been held on Lenin Square in Simferopol by the initiative of the Mejlis on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. How- ever, in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, the rally seized to take place. On December 2, 2014, the head of the Central Election Commission of Qurultay, Zair Smedlyaev, reported that authorities of Simferopol did not give permission to hold in the center of the city the Crimean Tatar meeting dedicated to the International Human Rights Day. According to him, the city council looked for U imsy excuses to deny, refused to accept the application because of the relocation of one of the o7 c- es. Although, according to Smedlyaev, on the day before that the authorities readily permitted to ‘pro-governmental’ Crimean Tatars to hold a rally in support of Putin’s policy. On December 5, the Committee on the Rights of the Crimean Tatar People applied for holding a rally dedicated to the celebration of International Human Rights Day. On December 7, the Crimean prosecutor’s o7 ce issued a warning to the Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis, Akhtem Chiygoz, about the prohibition of unsanctioned rallies. Akhtem Chiygoz reported that a document was handed to him on Saturday night at the border of Ukraine and Crimea at the checkpoint ‘Armyansk’. On December 9, Simferopol administration banned holding of December 10 rally on Lenin Square. The denial was explained by the celebration of Christmas and New Year. In addition, on December 8, the coordinator of the Committee on the Rights of the Crimean Tatar People, Sinaver Kadyrov, received a warning from the prosecutor’s o7 ce in Simferopol about the inadmissibility of the law violations. The prosecutor’s 118