Week-ending 12 June 2020
Amnesty International: ‘Human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku and his five co-defendants […] were arrested in Russian-occupied Crimea, brought before a Russian military court, convicted under trumped-up charges and handed lengthy prison sentences in November 2019, following unfair trials. They are prisoners of conscience and must be immediately and unconditionally released and their sentences quashed.’
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION/UKRAINE: FURTHER INFORMATION: CONVICTION OF CRIMEANS MUST ME QUASHED
The Russian Military Court of Appeal will imminently review the verdict of human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku and his five co-defendants. The six men were arrested in Russian-occupied Crimea, brought before a Russian military court, convicted under trumped-up charges and handed lengthy prison sentences in November 2019, following unfair trials. They are prisoners of conscience and must be immediately and unconditionally released and their sentences quashed. Amnesty International, 11 June 2020
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