Russian invaders persecute Crimean Tatars in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson regions – Denisova

Russian invaders persecute representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people in the temporarily occupied cities of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

According to Ukrinform, Ukrainian human rights commissioner Liudmyla Denisova reported this on Facebook.

“In the urban-type settlement of Kalanchak, Kherson region, Russian military illegally broke into Rustem Osmanov’s apartment, and then he was detained and taken to Simferopol. The so-called ‘Kyiv District Court of Simferopol’ in temporarily occupied Crimea sentenced the Crimean Tatar to two months in prison under Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (involvement in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan battalion),” Denisosa wrote.

In occupied Melitopol, the militants of the “Kadyrov” unit conducted an illegal search of Dlyaver Seitumerov's house, smashing windows, breaking doors and turning things over. Dlyaver's family was in safe place outside Melitopol at the time.

"Illegal detentions, searches and persecutions of representatives of the Crimean Tatar people are against the international norms and are a direct violation of Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which guarantees everyone the right to privacy, and Article 8 of the Convention - the right to respect for private and family life,” Denisova stressed.

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