nationality known_for article_title name occupation
crimean tatar member of ngo '' advet '' daniyal ametov
 daniyal ametov activist
daniyal ametov

daniyal ametov is a crimean tatar land-squatting activist in ukraine , and a member of the ngo `` advet '' .
the goal of ametov and his organisation is to restore land rights in crimea to the tartar people , 200,000 of whom were forcibly deported to central asia in 1944 by joseph stalin , under suspicion of being nazi collaborators .
the crimean tartars were allowed to return to their homeland towards the end of the soviet era , but in many cases their lands had been redistributed in their absence .
some members of the community have taken to constructing temporary houses on land they wish to reclaim , without legal permission .
ametov was sentenced to four years in prison in october 2010 for intention infliction of trivial or medium bodily injury to a police officer by the central district court of simferopol .
this case was connected to an incident in 2007 , where it was alleged that ametov struck a police inspector in the face and caused a minor injury to his nose .
the sentence was upheld by the simferopol appeal court , but was reduced to three years by the higher specialized court on civil and criminal matters in march 2011 .
