The Ukrainian government will demand that the son of MP of Batkivschyna faction Mustafa Jemilev (Cemilev) be released from custody and sent to the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko has said.
“We, as the Ukrainian government, will demand that Russia instantly release Mustafa Jemilev’s son and send him to the relevant Ukrainian authorities.” Petrenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
The justice minister explained that according to rule 39 of its bylaws, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) confirmed that Crimean territory falls under the jurisdiction of the Appeals Court of Kyiv City. According to ECHR. Russia must release this man.
At a briefing on Wednesday, Jemilev explained that the information of his alleged lawsuit against Russia with ECHR was inaccurate. The lawsuit is for the ECHR to consider the case of Jemilev’s son, who is being illegally detained.
“As a matter of fact, it’s about a different issue… on the ECHR’s consideration of the lawsuit regarding the illegal detention of my son,” the MP said.
Jemilev noted that in 2014 his son had committed manslaughter. A Ukrainian court ruled for his release, after the case had been reclassified as manslaughter, but Russian law enforcers don’t let him go.
Jemilev’s lawyer Arkadiy Buschenko explained that a corresponding complaint had been sent to the ECHR. On July 10 the court sent a corresponding notification.
As reported, Jemilev, who has been denied entry to Crimea since April, lodged a lawsuit against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights.
On May 27, 2013, the younger son of Mustafa Jemilev Hayser Jemilev committed the manslaughter of a family friend due to his mishandling a licensed weapon of Mustafa Jemilev in Bakhchysarai.
Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s agencies opened a criminal proceeding under charges of premeditated murder. Kyivsky district court in Simferopol put Hayser Jemilev in custody and made him pass psychological and drugs tests. Medical investigation proved him psychologically healthy.
Earlier, during an interview Jemilev said that his son had suffered from a psychological disorder and had had suicidal tendencies.
According to “Crimea. Reality” Web site, on May 1, 2014, Hayser Jemilev’s case was brought back to the prosecutor’s office of the self-proclaimed Crimean Republic. He was sent to pretrial detention centre in Bakhchysarai for conducting additional “investigation.” Mustafa Jemilev said that those actions had been paid-for in order to use this family tragedy as an instrument of political pressure on him.
According to Hayser Jemilev’s lawyer Oleksandr Lisovy, Russian actions are illegal, as Hayser Jemilev is a Ukrainian citizen, and he must face trial according to Ukrainian laws, especially considering that his actions were committed on Ukrainian territory. If the court passes a judgment according to Russian laws, an appeal will be sent to the ECHR, due to the violation of the right to a fair trial.
