Ali Asanov and Mustafa Degermendzhy are paying a high price in Russian-occupied Crimea for their commitment to Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and for their own personal integrity. The Crimean Tatars are charged over a pre-annexation demonstration which prevented Russia from seizing control without deploying Russian forces and are almost certainly being held in detention as revenge for their refusal to give false testimony against the third political prisoner, Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz.
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Halya Coynash: Jailed for refusing to bear false testimony against Crimean Tatar leader
Akhtem Chiygoz (qha.com.ua)
