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Halya Coynash: Umerov released, only Russia’s persecution showed pathology
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Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov was released on September 7, after being held for three weeks against his will in a psychiatric clinic. What Russia was hoping to achieve by risking Umerov’s life and resorting to punitive psychiatry remains unclear.