A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 on the restriction of access to the information resource stated that the information “places on the information resource http://investigator.org.ua contained calls to riots, extremist activities or participation in mass (public) events held in violation of the es- tablished order”. The NGO and IA Center for Investigative Journalism have been re-registered and continue to work in Kyiv. In March 2015, Valentina Smar, Editor-in-Chief and Pro- ject Manager won the award of the Norwegian Fritt Ord Foundation and German ZEIT Foundation for the contribution to the development of journalism in Eastern Europe. Avdet Newspaper Avdet newspaper is the print media of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people pub- lished since July 15, 1990. In June 2014, the Prosecutor’s O7 ce of Simferopol issued a warning to Shevket Kaybullaev, Editor-in-Chief, for the ‘propaganda of extremism’. According to law en- forcement o7 cials, the newspaper repeatedly used the ‘extremist’ terms ‘annexa- tion’ and ‘occupation’. In July, Kaybullaev was summoned to the FSS due to the publication of ‘extremist materials’ about the decision of the Mejlis to boycott the elections to the Crimean parliament. The FSS agents said that they received a statement from Rinat Shay- mardanov accusing the newspaper of publishing extremist materials including the Mejlis’ decision to boycott the Crimean parliamentary elections. The ‘Avdet’s’ Edi- tor-in-Chief stated that it was made clear to him that the publication of this docu- ment could have serious consequences for the newspaper. In September, Kaybullaev received the third warning. This time he was accused of hidden appeals to boycott elections on the pages of his newspaper. At the same time, an hours-long search took place in the Avdet editorial board (located in the Mejlis building in Simferopol). On the next day, September 17, the court ordered to Mejlis, Crimea Charity Fund, as well as the Avdet newspaper to evict the building. Despite the pressure, Kaybullaev stated that the newspaper would not change its editorial policy. Avdet made two attempts to R le application to Roskomnadzor for the registration un- der the Russian law and both times they were twice returned without consideration. 107
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