Police in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea detained a Crimean Tatar human rights activist, Lutfiye Zudiyeva, after searching her home on February 22, said the Crimean Solidarity human rights groups, of which Zudiyeva is a member. The reasons for the search and detention remain unclear. The officers confiscated her laptop, mobile phones, and memory drives, Zudiyeva's husband told Crimean Solidarity. Since illegally annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia has imposed pressure on Crimean Tatars, the peninsula's indigenous ethnic group, many of whom openly protested the annexation. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Crimea.Realities, click here.
Crimean Tatar Rights Activist Detained
Crimean Tatar human rights activist Lutfiye Zudiyeva (file photo)