A Crimean Tatar activist, Dzhemil Gafarov, who along with four other activists from Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea was sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges in January, has died in Russian custody. Refat Chubarov, a Crimean Tatar leader, said on February 10 that Gafarov, 60, died in a detention center in the Russian city of Novocherkassk. Gafarov, who had a medical condition, had complained that guards had refused to provide him with medical assistance. After annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia has sentenced dozens of Crimean Tatars on terrorism charges that rights groups have called trumped-up. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Crimean Tatar Activist Gafarov Dies In Russian Custody
Dzhemil Gafarov attends his trial last month. He had complained that guards had refused to provide him with medical assistance.