SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - A high-ranking member of the Crimean Tatar assembly has begun a hunger strike at the facility where he awaits trial for allegedly organizing "mass disorder" ahead of Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Detained Crimean Tatar assemblyman launches hunger strike
A elderly man carries small flags of Crimean Tatars (L) and Ukraine (R) while celebrating a day of Crimean Tatars' national flag in the Crimean capital Simferopol, on June 26, 2014.
