SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — A court in Ukraine’s Russia-annexed Crimea has released from detention a Crimean Tatar activist, who is on trial for alleged illegal explosive possession and transportation, a charge he has strongly denied.
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RFE/RL: Russia-controlled court releases Crimean Tatar activist on trial
This screenshot from TSN video shows Crimean Tatar activist Edem Bekirov. Russian law enforcement arrested Bekirov on Dec. 12, 2018. Since then, his health condition has rapidly deteriorated. Bekirov has a registered Category 1 disability: he has had one leg amputated, he is a diabetic and has four shunts in his heart.
