A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 were arrested, on October 16 – Musa Apkerimov, on October 17 – Rustam Abdura- khmanov, on October 22 – Tahir Smedlyaev, on November 25 – Edem Ebulisov. Lat- er, all four of them were released on bail. Use of warnings for meeting restrictions The use of warnings to restrict meetings can be illustrated by the example of prepa- ration in 2014 for the public event devoted to December 10, the International Hu- man Rights Day (see below). Such warnings took place repeatedly thereafter. For example, on March 30, 2015, the representatives of the Crimean Prosecutor’s O7 ce read out to the Deputy Chair- man of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars Nariman Dzelyal a warning “about possible consequences of organization or participation in the unauthorized events”. This was related to the termination of broadcasting of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR, which could not obtain a certiR cate of state registration. On May 16, 2015, the “Prosecutor of Crimea” Natalia Poklonskaya warned on the inadmissibility of uncoordinated mass meetings on the Day of Commemoration of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The Prosecutor’s O7 ce o7 cials presented the warning to 14 Mejlis members. Given that the legal consequences of such warnings are not clear and there are no speciR c sanctions envisaged for their violation, they are a form of pressure on the organizers, a signal that the not yet committed acts are already regarded as unlaw- ful and have a certain deterrent eT ect. Involvement of the paramilitary The obstruction of peaceful assemblies is taking place not only with the involvement of the state security forces, but also the members of the “people’s militia – people’s guard”, widely known as the “Crimean self-defense”. In Crimea, numerous facts of their involvement in dispersing or obstruction of peaceful assemblies have been recorded. On August 24 (Ukraine’s Independence Day) 2014, in Simferopol, the monument to the Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko was cordoned oT by the law enforcement agencies and the “Crimean self-defense”. On December 10 of the same year, on the International Human Rights Day, the central streets of Simferopol were again cor- doned oT by the security forces and the “Crimean self-defense”. The journalists were prohibited to make photos and record videos. 113