Commissioner on rights of Crimean Tatars calls for more sanctions if Russia bans Mejlis

Possible ban of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People by Russia should be regarded as a ground to increase international sanctions against Russia, former head of the Crimean Tatars Mejlis and the President's Commissioner for the Rights of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev said

“Tomorrow [on Thursday] a trial to ban Mejlis will continue, and if it’s declared extremist or terrorist organization, then this fact should be in the focus of international organizations. If this [ban of Mejlis] happens, then it is a sufficient basis to introduce new, more effective sanctions against the aggressor,” Dzhemilev said at a press conference on Wednesday in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

Occupational authorities aiming to ban Mejlis and declare war on it, in fact attack all the Crimean Tatar People, Mustafa Dzhemilev added.

It should be reported earlier that the acting Head of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People  Refat Chubarov stressed that if Russia declares the activity of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People as illegal, over 2,000 people could be declared terrorists in the peninsula.