On Monday, July 29, Tagan district court in Moscow determined to impose a twenty thousand rubles fine on eighteen Crimean Tatars, who were arrested on July 11 near the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. All arrested were charged guilty under the part 5, article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. In total, the fine makes 360 000 rubles ($5 666).
According to the Crimean Solidarity, the court ruled to find activists guilty of administrative offense under the part 5, article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses that implies participation in planned mass events and disrupting the order. The court awarded a penalty of administrative fine of 20 000 rubles to the following activists:
Eleonor Ismailov
Rustem Dzhelyalov
Osman Khosh
Edem Abdullaiev
Izzet Saifulin
Marlen Dzhemilev
Remzi Beitullaiev
Refat Kamilov
Osman Abdurazakov
Marlen Akhaev
Rustem Tairov
Nariman Ibraimov
Aleksandr Gavrikov
Zenur Appazov
Edem Aliev
Emin Rustemov
Ametkhan Umerov
Kyazim Useinov
On July 10, Crimean Tatar activists organized a protest on the Red Square in Moscow against the prosecutions in the occupied Crimea. The posters carried by activists said “Stop ethnic and religious discrimination”, “Fight with terrorism in Crimea is a fight with dissidents”, “Our children are not terrorists”. Right after the beginning of the protest, seven people were arrested by Russian police forces. On July 11, forty-six more people were arrested near the Supreme Court, where the appeal proceeding was carried out with regard to the defendants in the Bakhchysarai ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir’ case.