On Tuesday 31 January, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) called for the respect of the rights of human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, and for his release.
"The administrative detention of human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov on 26 January in Simferopol, Crimean peninsula, continues a worrying trend of increasingly frequent attacks on the vital work conducted by human rights defenders to protect the rights of Crimean Tatars and of those who do not recognise the...