Jun 02, 2014

Crimean Tatars: Possibility Of Seeking Justice At European Court Of Human Rights


Due to biased rulings of courts against the Crimean Tatars in the Crimean peninsula by Russian authorities, Mustafa Jemilev is considering filing a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights.

Below is an article published by The First Channel:

"The Crimean Tatar community will seek justice at the European Court of Human Rights if Russian officials continue terrorizing the autochthonous residents of the peninsula," Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev told reporters on Friday.

According to him, the Crimean Tatars who met him on May 3 as he was returning to Crimea from the mainland Ukraine are now charged with border trespassing. "This is nonsense by all international norms," Jemilev said. "FSB agents haunt the apartments and houses of Crimean Tatars and question them, and courts automatically fine them with huge sums. They are warned that if they don't pay, their property will be confiscated. But it's absurd to charge them with illegally crossing the so-called border between Crimea and Ukraine, because there is no border as such between Crimea and the mainland Ukraine," Jemilev said.