Exactly three years ago, on May 24, 2016, Crimean Tatar activist, Ervin Ibragimov was abducted by men in road patrol uniforms and disappeared without trace. Ibragimov, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, is the most prominent, but by no means the only victim of enforced disappearances since Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea. The de facto authorities’ total failure to investigate even the most brazen abductions can only strengthen suspicion that they know exactly who was behind them.
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Activists holds a banner reading "Where is Ervin Ibragimov?" during the protest against Russia's repressions against Crimean tatars in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kyiv on Oct 25, 2016.
