On Friday, October 6, the Supreme court of Crimea announced the verdict of political prisoner Serhii Tsyhipa and sentenced him to 13 years in prison. His wife Olena Tsyhipa reported this to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.
We remind you that journalist Serhii Tsyhipa was kidnapped on March 12, when he was heading to Tavriysk to give his mother-in-law medicine, since then contact with him has ceased. Only in October it became known that he was being held in pre-trial detention center 1 in Aqmescit (Simferopol), and later he was transferred to a new pre-trial detention center in Aqmescit (Simferopol).
Let us note that the charges in this case are based on the testimony of hidden witnesses and the conclusion of so-called experts who actively cooperate with Russian security forces. The consideration of the case took place in gross violation of international law.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center expresses a strong protest and declares that this decision is illegal, politically motivated and criminal. This policy of the Russian Federation is a demonstration of the fight against the political beliefs of citizens in occupied Crimea.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center demands the cancellation of the sentence of the person involved in the case and the immediate release of other political prisoners.