Urgent Action Update: Conviction of Prisoners of Conscience Upheld (Russian Federation: UA 126.19)
July 21, 2020The Russian Military Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Crimean Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku and his five co-defendants on 25 June. They are all prisoners of conscience, sentenced to lengthy prison sentences on trumped-up charges and following unfair trials, and must be released.