Crimean Tatar movement veteran was detained in the occupied Crimea

Denys Karlovskyy - Wednesday, 10 March 2022, 22:12

Russian invaders searched the place of domicile and detained human rights activist, veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Abdureshyt Dzhepparov.

Source: Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine

Details: Russian security forces conducted an illegal search in the residence of a human rights activist in the Bilohirskyy district. They detained Dzhepparov and two other people after the search.

Russians kidnapped his son and nephew in September 2014.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol opened criminal proceedings against the Russian invaders. They were charged with violating the laws and customs of war, as well as violating the inviolability of domicile for the detention of Dzhepparov.

Background: Russian invaders illegally held a so-called "referendum" on Crimea's independence and secession from Ukraine on March 16, 2014.

More Background: Russian Federal Security Service kidnapped Dzhepparov's son and nephew near Belogorsk on September 27, 2014.