A Russian court has ordered that the son of veteran Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemiliev be kept under ‘administrative surveillance’ for three years after his scheduled release on Nov 25. His lawyer believes that this is a ploy to keep Khaiser Dzhemiliev hostage still longer in Russian-occupied Crimea. It effectively increases the young man’s sentence, with the decision being announced at a court hearing on Sept. 15, about which Khaiser’s lawyer Nikolai Polozov was not informed.
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Mustafa Dzhemilev, historical leader of the Crimean Tatar National Movement and former Soviet dissident speaks to journalists during his interview for AFP in Kiev on May 6, 2014. (AFP)
