Political prisoner Fedorov contracted coronavirus in Russian pre-trial detention center during the transfer from occupied Crimea

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12:20, 28 July
Political prisoner Fedorov contracted coronavirus in Russian pre-trial detention center during the transfer from occupied Crimea
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Crimean political prisoner Oleg Fedorov, a participant in the second Bakhchisarai group in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, is in Novorossiysk hospital after an outbreak of a coronavirus epidemic in a local pre-trial detention center. There he got on the way of transfer from occupied Simferopol to Rostov-on-Don.

Crimean Solidarity reported about it.

According to his wife Irina, the route of Crimean prisoners usually passes through Krasnodar to Rostov-on-Don. But Oleg Fedorov and Ernest Ibragimov were transported from Krasnodar to Novorossiysk, where they were to be loaded on a train and taken to Rostov-on-Don. A COVID-19 outbreak occurred in the Novorossiysk pre-trial detention center, and many were sent to hospital, including Fedorov. Ibragimov is still being held in the pre-trial detention center, but in a different cell.

According to Irina, the cell was tight, hot, and there was absolutely nothing in it. However, the wife managed to give her husband a fan.

What is known

  • Ali (Oleg) Fedorov is an entrepreneur from Bakhchisarai, attended politically motivated court hearings, participated in information campaigns in support of Crimean Tatar political prisoners and in flash mobs. He provided material support to the families of political prisoners. In Bakhchisarai he is known as the main coordinator of iftars during the month of Ramadan.
  • Ernest Ibragimov worked as a cook in the Salachyk cafe, the owner of which was sentenced in September 2020 to 19 years in prison on charges of organizing the Bakhchisaray branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir. After the arrest of his employer, Ibragimov became an activist in the Crimean Solidarity and Crimean Childhood projects.
  • On February 17, mass searches of Crimean Tatars took place in the occupied Crimea, when Ibragimov and Fedorov were detained. "Special services" are persecuting them for meeting in a mosque with members of the second Bakhchisaray group, which became the basis for criminal prosecution. Now both activists are in a pre-trial detention center of Simferopol.
  • They are involved in the activities of the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has been banned in Russia since 2003. In Ukraine and most countries, the organization operates without restrictions at the level of national legislation.