The Crimean Solidarity group on Wednesday appealed to foreign media and human rights organisations to help those detained, who it said were documenting persecution of Crimean Tatars in the Russian-annexed Crimea region of Ukraine in their role as civic journalists, Polish website niezalezna.pl reported.
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Radio Poland: Crimean Tatars ask for help after Russia detains civic journalists
A search operation in legal office of Emil Kurbedinov, the lawyer for Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, on Jan. 26, 2017 in Simferopol, Crimea.
