MOSCOW, March 30 (RAPSI) – The Majlis of Crimean Tatars, an organization declared extremist in Russia, has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Memorial human rights association announced on Thursday.

On April 26, 2016, the Supreme Court of Crimea granted a lawsuit filed by then republic’s Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya and banned the Majlis of Crimean Tatars as extremist organization. This ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of Russia on September 29.

The appeal filed with the ECHR reads there were violations of Article 11 (Freedom of Assembly and Association), Article 18 (Limitations on use of restrictions on rights), Article 14 (Prohibition of discrimination), Article 6 (Right to a fair trial) and Article 7 (No punishment without law) of the European Convention of Human Rights.