The European Court of Human Rights accepted for consideration the complaint in the “Vedzhie Kashka case”, which had been previously sent by the women’s relatives. Lawyer Nikolai Polozov reported about it via his Facebook page.
"The European Court of Human Rights has accepted our complaint in the "Vedzhie Kashka case" for consideration. And given the fact that the day after tomorrow the ECHR is starting to consider the large case" Ukraine vs Russian Federation ", the chances of a speedy decision on our complaint increase," the message says.
Let us remind that on November 23, 2017, Russian security forces detained a group of activists of the Crimean Tatar national movement – Bekir Dehermendzhi, Asan Chapukh, Ruslan Trubach, Kyazim Ametov and Vedzhie Kashka. The latter became ill, an ambulance was called for her. On the way to the hospital, an 82-year-old vedzhie Kashka died. The rest were taken into custody and accused of allegedly extorting money from a Turkish citizen. During their detention, the figurants of the Vedzhie Kashka case were repeatedly violated the right to a fair trial and the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.