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86 people imprisoned for their religious and political views in occupied Crimea

05.05.2019, 10:55
86 people from the annexed Crimea are illegally deprived of their liberty for political motives or as a result of religious persecution.

86 people from the annexed Crimea are illegally deprived of their liberty for political motives or as a result of religious persecution.

This data is provided by the Crimean Human Rights Group's commmunity as of May 2, according to Hromadske.

The largest number, 55 people, are defendants in the case of Crimean Muslims, more commonly known as Hizb ut-Tahrir. 13 people were arrested in the case of Ukrainian saboteurs, three in the case of the Sentsov group, one in the Jamaat Tabliha case.

In addition, separate criminal proceedings against 9 Ukrainians were instituted, in particular, three people were persecuted for involvement in the Chelebidzhikhan Battalion, two more were participants of EuroMaydan.

Human rights activists have published a complete list of detainees.