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Editor’s note: This story is being updated. As part of the latest prisoner exchange, ten people were freed from Russian captivity, including Crimean Tatar activist Nariman Dzhelial, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 28. Dzhelial served as the first deputy chairman of the Mejlis, a representative body of the Crimean Tatar people. Following the occupation of Crimea, Russian forces banned the Mejlis in 2016, declaring it an “extremist organization.” Dzhelialov participated in the first Crimea Platform in Kyiv on Aug. 23, 2021. The platform aimed to build international support for the peni…

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