A court in Russia-controlled Crimea has postponed a preliminary hearing in absentia against a veteran Crimean Tatar leader and prominent Soviet-era dissident who has vehemently opposed Russia’s illegal annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.
RFE/RL: Court in Crimea postpones hearing into case against rights activist
Mustafa Dzhemilev, historical leader of the Crimean Tatar National Movement and former Soviet dissident speaks during a rally to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the deportation of the indigenous population of the Crimea by the Soviet Union, on May 18, 2020. Crimea's Tatars commemorated 76 years since their deportation by Soviet dictator Stalin in 1944.
