On Tuesday the 29th of October, the so-called Supreme Court of Crimea rejected the appeals of the defense and upheld the sentence in the Vedzhie Kashka case. Bekir Dehermendzhi, Kyazim Amietov and Ruslan Trubach were sentenced to three years of imprisonment with a probation period of three years, Asan Chapukh – to three and a half years of suspended sentence, however, also with a probation period of three years.
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We remind that on the 23rd of November 2017, Russian security forces detained a group of activists of the Crimean Tatar national movement – Bekir Dehermendzhi, Asan Chapukh, Ruslan Trubach, Kyazim Amietov and Vedzhie Kashka. The latter fell sick and consequently required an ambulance. On the way to the hospital, 82-year-old Vedzhie Kashka died. The rest were detained on charges of extorting money from a Turkish citizen. During the aforementioned detention the defendants’ right to a fair trial as well as the right to accessible healthcare was repeatedly violated.
In October 2018 the so-called court in Crimea sentenced Asan Chapukh to house arrest. On the 24th of January 2019 the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol changed the measure of restraint of Bekir Dehermendzhi, Kyazim Amietov and Ruslan Trubach to house arrest.
On the 17th of April 2019 the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol ruled the sentence in the aforementioned case. Bekir Dehermendzhi, Kyazim Amietov and Ruslan Trubach were sentenced to three years of imprisonment with a probation period of three years, Asan Chapukh – to three and a half years of suspended sentence, however, also with a probation period of three years.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed strong opposition to the unlawful decision of the Russian occupation so-called court in Simferopol to convict Ukrainian citizens. The Ministry claimed the fabricated Vedzhie Kashka case has become one of the shameful symbols of the Russian occupational so-called justice.