On Sept. 24, the Russia-controlled Supreme Court of Crimea is scheduled to hear the appeal of Crimean Tatar Asan Akhtemov. Detained on Sept. 3, he is charged with sabotage,” or allegedly carrying out an explosion in a gas pipeline in Perevalne village near Simferopol on Aug. 23.
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Asan Akhtemov, who was arrested by Russian authorities in occupied Crimea on Sept. 3 on suspicion of damaging a gas pipeline, stands holding a Crimean Tatar flag. Akhmetov said tha he was beaten and tortured with electric shocks, when the Russian police were forcing him to confess.
