How do you provide false testimony for Russia’s FSB against your own uncle, or against fellow Crimean Tatars, fellow Muslims, whom you don’t know? For Refat Alimov and Arsen Dzhepparov from Krasnokamenka the answer was clear: you don’t, but they are paying a heavy price for their integrity. The two young men have been held en in custody in Russian-occupied Crimea since April 2016, charged, together with a human rights activist and three other Crimean Muslims with unproven involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a peaceful organization which is legal in Ukraine.
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People sing the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar anthems as they participate in the march for solidarity with Crimean Tatars who did a rally 3 years ago near Crimean parliament as they protested Russian occupation of the peninsula on Feb. 26.
