Russia’s FSB have split up a group of 25 Crimean Tatar political prisoners into five absolutely identical ‘trials’. It may be logistically difficult to hold one trial with 25 defendants and their lawyers, but the primary aim of the five clones is almost certainly to deflect attention from Russia’s most brazen to date attack on Crimean Tatar civic journalists and activists informing the world about violations in occupied Crimea and helping the victims of persecution.
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Halya Coynash: Russia uses multiple clone trials against Crimean Tatars
People hold a flag during the day of the National Flag of Crimea in Kyiv on June 26, 2020.
