PART 4 A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA Crimea Charity Fund Crimea Charity Fund was working in the Crimea for many years, supporting the work of the Crimean Tatar People’s Mejlis in many aspects. Mustafa Dzhemilev was one of its founders. On September 16, 2014, members of the ‘Crimean self-defense’ and police o7 cers blocked the building of the Crimean Tatar People’s Mejlis in Simferopol, allegedly for investigation activities. The building was owned by the Crimea Charity Fund. Rize Shevkiev, the general director of the Crimea Charity Fund, was notiR ed that the Crimean Tatar People’s Mejlis, Crimea Charity Fund, and the o7 ce of Avdet newspa- per must vacate the premises within one day. One of the violations of the Russian law found by the Crimean prosecutor’s o7 ce was the fact that one of the organization’s founders is Mustafa Dzhemilev, a Ukrain- ian citizen, whose presence in the Russian territory is prohibited. On the same day, the Simferopol city court passed a judgment prohibiting the Crimea Charity Fund from operating its assets at seven locations (including the Mejlis building), freezing its accounts, and prohibiting opening new ones. Later the Simferopol court passed a judgment to R ne the Crimea Charity Fund by RUB 4.5 million, and Rize Shevkiev, its director, by RUB 350,000. The imposed R ne concerned the repairs performed in one of the rooms. The court considered it a violation of the law that such works were not approved by the historical buildings protection committee (according to the committee itself). Later the Crimean o7 ce of the Ministry of Justice of Russia refused to register the Crimea Charity Fund as a non-proR t organization based on formalities. Committee on the Rights of the Crimean Tatar people After the occupation of Crimea and in the circumstances of increasing pressure on the Crimean Tatars, a Committee on the Rights of the Crimean Tatar people was estab- lished. Eskender Bariev (a Mejlis member), Sinaver Kadyrov, and Akmedzhit Suleima- nov (a Mejlis member) became its coordinators. The Committee has attempted sev- eral peaceful rallies in support of the Crimean Tatars rights, organized a Conference on Protection of Crimean Tatars, and provided consults for Crimean Tatars regarding protection of their rights. The local authorities denied the Committee’s applications for peaceful rallies on multiple occasions; the coordinators received frequent threats. In January 2015, it became known that the Crimean prosecutor R led materials for criminal prosecution of the three coordinators of the Committee on the Rights of the 90