A Russian court on Tuesday handed down prison terms of up to 19 years to six Crimean Tatar men for membership of a banned “terrorist organization”, ending a three-year case denounced by rights groups.Six residents of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, were arrested in 2016, accused of belonging to Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia, and plotting to overthrow the government.A military tribunal in the southern city of Rostov sentenced Muslim Aliyev, Enver Bekirov, Vadim Siruk, Refat Alimov, Arsen Dzhepparov and Emir-Usein Kuku to prison terms of between seven and 19 …read more
Source:: Voice of America
