Akhtyom Chijgos

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Akhtyom Chijgos

Akhtyom Tschijgos (also Akhtyom Tschigos ; Crimean Tatar Ahtem Çiygoz ; Ukrainian Ахтем Зейтуллайович Чийгоз Achtem Sejtullaiowytsch Tschyjhos ; born December 14, 1964 ) is a Ukrainian - Crimean Tatar politician.

Life

Chijgos was appointed vice-chairman of the mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people in 2008.

After the annexation of Crimea by Russia , he was arrested by the Russian authorities in January 2015 on charges of "organizing mass unrest". Tschijgos is accused of causing unrest with five other Crimean Tatars on February 26, 2014 - several days before the annexation - when there were clashes between Crimean perpetrators and "self-defense militias" loyal to the Kremlin in front of the parliament building in Simferopol. On February 26, even according to the Russian interpretation, Crimea was still part of Ukraine and the men accused were Ukrainian citizens. The Ukrainians have been tried under Russian law. According to international humanitarian law , an occupying power must respect the applicable laws of the occupied territory. In disregard of this obligation, Russia has replaced Ukrainian with Russian law and made Crimea under the Russian legal system. Since then, Russian criminal law has applied - in some cases retrospectively to events prior to the annexation, such as the Chijgos case. The human rights organization Amnesty International described the charges as "constructed". The Russian human rights organization Memorial sees the process as part of a campaign by the Russian government to suppress all resistance and dissenting opinions in Crimea.

The trial of Chijgos began in December 2015. Several witnesses called by the Russian authorities contradicted the charges, saying that Chijgos had not caused any disturbance. People presented as the harmed party said they had not suffered any harm. Two of the other Crimean Tatars accused testified that they were pressured to make false statements in order to incriminate Chijgos. For this they had been given the prospect of mitigation. Under a never-before-used clause in Russian criminal law, Chijgos was denied access to the courtroom so that he had to watch the trial from the remand prison without being able to communicate directly with his lawyer. A witness who was supposed to identify the chijgos who was hooked up via Skype said that he had never seen the man before. Of the 153 witnesses interrogated, only three stated that they saw Chijgos instigating protests. Two of them were "secret witnesses" who testified via video link with hidden faces. Many of the witnesses belonged to pro-Russian “self-defense militias”, which, according to statements, did not arise spontaneously but were founded with the support of the “Russian Unity” party and equipped with combat equipment.

On September 11, 2017, Chijgos was sentenced to eight years in a camp by a Russian court. The reasoning of the court was, as for the arrest, that he was involved in the organization of mass riots on February 26, 2014. On October 25, 2017, Tschijgos was released and flown to Turkey . Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his role in the liberation of Chijgos.

In the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2019 , Chijgos was elected to the Ukrainian parliament for the European Solidarity party .

Honors

In August 2017, Chijgos received the Order of Merit of Ukraine III. Class.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Ukraine / Russia: Island of Longing." In: Der Spiegel , June 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c The Annexation of Crimea Isn't Going as Planned . In: Foreign Policy , May 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ UN report details grave human rights violations in Russian-occupied Crimea . United Nations Human Rights - Office of the High Commissioner, September 25, 2017.
  4. ^ Report of the Human Rights Assessment Mission on Crimea . OSCE, July 2015, pp. 5-6.
  5. ↑ 71/205. The human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) . United Nations, General Assembly resolution, adopted December 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ukraine 2017. Amnesty International Annual Report.
  7. ^ "Russian court condemns leaders of the Crimean Tatars." In: FAZ, September 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ Andreas Rüesch: "Victory justice in the Russian-ruled Crimea." In: NZZ online, September 12, 2017.
  9. ↑ Crimean Tatar Leaders 'Freed,' Fly To Turkey In: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  10. ↑ Чийгоз Ахтем: Народный депутат Верховной Рады IX созыва (Европейская солидарность)
  11. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine on State Awards of Ukraine on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine No. 251/2017 of August 24, 2017 (Ukrainian)
personal data
SURNAME Tschijgos, Akhtyom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tschigos, Akhtyom; Ahtem, Çiygoz (Crimean Tatar); Ахтем, Чийгоз (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1964