The trial is drawing to an end in Russia of Seitumer and Osman Seitumerov, the two sons of a renowned Crimean Tatar historian, their uncle Rustem Seitmemetov, as well as of Amet Suleimanov, a Crimean Solidarity civic journalist with a grave heart condition. The four recognized political prisoners are facing 15-year sentences although they are not charged with any recognizable crime, and the defence has, during each hearing, demonstrated the falsified nature of the ‘evidence’ presented. The hearing on Oct. 1 was no exception, but nor was the behaviour of the presiding judge Igor Kostin in effectively siding with the prosecution.
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Halya Coynash: Russian court ignores falsified evidence in trial of Crimean Tatars
From left: Crimean Tatars Seitumer Seitumerov, Osman Seitumerov and their uncle, Rustem Seitmemetov, October 2021.
