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#LetMyPeopleGo Newsletter, Issue #23                                       View this email in your browser


Sentsov's Mother Speaks Out Ahead of 5th Anniversary of Arrest

Oleg Sentsov was arrested on May 10th 2014; Hromadske International spoke with his mother just ahead of the fifth year mark since his arrest about his hunger strike, how his children are doing, and the likelihood of amnesty. 


Picket Held in Berlin Supporting Political Prisoners

A picket was held at the Russian embassy in Berlin, demanding Russia release the Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin. Such pickets are held weekly by Ronald Wendling, who knows what it's like to be a political prisoner from his own experience: in the times of the GDR, he himself spent several years behind bars because of a falsified case.


Tortured Crimean Tatar Activist Sentenced to 10.5 Years in Prison Without a Crime

24-year-old Fevzi Sahandzhy was prosecuted earlier this year for his alleged involvement in the Asker Battalion, a Crimean battalion which has not engaged in any form of combat, and it not part of the armed forces. Sahandzhy denies any criminal activity, and faces 10.5 years in prison.
According to his testimony, he was seized by FSB officers last October, and forced, under torture, to sign various documents. The trial was flawed in many ways: not only was the alleged torture not investigated, but also because of the secretive nature of the prosecution. There are no photos or videos from his trial, following a pattern of secrecy regarding the arrests linked to involvement in this the Asker Battalion.

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