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Halya Coynash: Crimean court finds Ukrainian flag a ‘prohibited symbol’
People release baloons in the colours of the Ukrainian flag during a rally marking the anniversary of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko 1814-1861, in Simferopol, on March 9, 2015.
The organizer and two participants in a peaceful action marking the 201st anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko have received corrective labour sentences and the organizer, Leonid Kuzmin, is also threatened with dismissal