Halya Coynash: A Crimean Kafkaesque trial hidden from Council of Europe eyes
Crimean Tatar holds a Turkish flag as he takes part in a demonstration of Crimean Tatars, in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv, on Nov. 6.
The Jan. 27 hearing in the trial in Russian-occupied Crimea of Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz and other Crimean Tatars ended within minutes on Jan. 27, with the presence in the peninsula of a Council of Europe fact-finding delegation suggested as a likely reason. There certainly is a lot the Russian occupation regime has reason to conceal.
