PACE to impose sanctions against those involved in persecution in Crimea
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will impose personal sanctions against all of those who are involved in political persecution in Crimea. A member of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament), Georgy Logvynskiy, posted this on his Facebook page.
According to the PACE resolution, the targeted sanctions include freezing assets and bank accounts, an entry ban and other sanctions, including arrest and detention. "These targeted sanctions will be imposed in 46 member states of PACE against all persons involved in cases such as 'the case of Savchenko', 'the case of Akhtem Chiygoz', ' the case of the 26th of February' and other violations of the rights of the Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainian citizens, including the political persecution of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People," he wrote.
Logvinskiy added that the Assembly has condemned the recent ban of the Mejlis as an extremist organization, recognizing that it is contrary to the international standards and demonstrates a systematic violation of the rights of Crimean Tatars.
Earlier, in its resolution, PACE also called on the European Union to impose sanctions against persons involved in the violation of the rights of Ukrainian citizen Nadiya Savchenko.