Halya Coynash: Russia’s trial of jailed Crimean Tatar leader turns openly racist
The current ‘trial’ of imprisoned Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz is proving as openly contemptuous of the law as the charges themselves which are in direct breach of Russia’s own legislation. Chiygoz has been prevented from attending his own ‘trial’, or even properly hearing what is being said, and the prosecutor makes no attempt to conceal his racist views.