Russia’s arrest on March 27 and 28, 2019 of 23 Crimean Tatar activists was an unprecedented move to intensify pressure on a group largely critical of Russia’s occupation of the Crimean Peninsula, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian authorities should drop the charges, release the activists, and, until they are freed, immediately give them access to their lawyers.
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Human Rights Watch: Escalating pressure on Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars pray inside a mosque during the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Yevpatoria, Crimea, on Sept. 24, 2015.
