18/09/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 18 September the EEAS spokesperson denounced the sentencing on 16 September to 13 to 19 years' imprisonment by the Military Court of the Southern District of Rostov-on-Don of seven persons, including Server Mustafayev, a Crimean Tatar activist and coordinator of Crimean Solidarity, for their alleged political affiliation. “The EU calls on Russia to reverse these decisions and to release all illegally detained Ukrainians without delay”, the spokesman said. He noted that the EU did not recognise the application of Russian legislation in Crimea and Sevastopol or the transfer of Ukrainian citizens from Crimea to Russian courts. The spokesman called on Russia to end pressure on the Crimean Tatar community and to respect human rights in the peninsula. (CG)