PART 4 A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA drugs, and forbidden extremist materials. In October, 4 Crimean Tatars were ar- rested: Musa Apkerimov, Rustam Abdurakhmanov, Tahir Smedlyaev, and Edem Ebulisov. On January 20, 2015, Eden Osmanov was arrested, the son of Mustafa Osmanov, the activist of Crimean Tatar national movement and the participant of Euromaidan in Kyiv. Later all the R ve people were released from custody on bail. It is known that sub- sequently, four of them were found guilty under Art. 318 of the Criminal Code of the RF ‘The use of violence against a representative of authority’ and sentenced to various punishments: Musa Abkerimov – to 4 years and 4 months of condition- al imprisonment, Edem Ebulisov – to a R ne of 40,000 rubles, Edem Osmanov – to one year of conditional imprisonment, Tahir Smedlyaev – to 2 years of conditional imprisonment. ‘The Case of February, 26’ The charge: Organization of and participation in the riots (Art. 212 of the Crimi- nal Code of the Russian Federation), punishment: Imprisonment of three to R fteen years; causing death by negligence (Art. 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), punishment: Imprisonment of up to two years. The arrested persons: Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, was arrested on January 29, 2015, followed by Eskender Kan- temirov on February 7, 2015, Eskender Emirvaliev on February 18, 2015, and Talyat Yunusov on March 11, 2015, and also Eskender Nebiev, Mustafa Degermendzhi, Ali Asanov and Arsen Yunusov. On February 26, 2014, a rally organized by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and the status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was held in Simferopol (the capital of the Crimea) near the Parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The event was at- Pictured: Akhtem Chiygoz, the Deputy Head of the tended by several thousands of Crimean Tatar People Mejlis Crimeans. 76
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