On Wednesday, August 12, Asan Chapukh, a political prisoner involved in the so-called Vedzhie Kashka case, turned 67 years old. In the spring of 2019, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol sentenced him to three and a half years probation with a probationary period of three years. Prior to that, he and other individuals involved in the so-called case had been illegally detained for over a year. The staff of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Asan Chapukh on his birthday! We wish you good health, patience, unbending will and prosperity. Allah baht, sabır ve sağlıq bersin!
We 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, Kiazim Ametov and Vedzhie Kashka. The latter became ill, an ambulance was called for her. On the way to the hospital, 82-year-old Vedzhie Kashka died, while the other detainees were taken into custody and accused of allegedly extorting money from a Turkish citizen. During their detention, the individuals involved in the so-called Vedzhie Kashka case were repeatedly violated the right to a fair trial and the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
In October 2018, a so-called court in Crimea sent a defendant in the so-called case Asan Chapukh under house arrest.
On January 24, 2019, the so-called Kyiv District Cour" of Simferopol changed the measure of restraint for the defendants in the so-called Vedzhie Kashka case Bekir Dehermendzhi, Kiazim Ametov and Ruslan Trubach to house arrest.
On April 17, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol passed a verdict on the defendants in the so-called Vedzhie Kashka case. Bekir Dehermendzhi, Kiazim Ametov and Ruslan Trubach were sentenced to three years of probation with a probationary period of three years, Asan Chapukh was sentenced to three and a half years probation, also with a probationary period of three years.