The US mission to the OSCE called on Russia to release Crimean political prisoners immediately

Любезна Катерина
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11:42, 23 September
The US mission to the OSCE called on Russia to release Crimean political prisoners immediately
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The US mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called on the Russian side to release Nariman Dzhelyal, Aziz and Asan Akhtemov, Eldar Odamanov, and Shevket Useinov, as well as over 100 other Crimean political prisoners.

Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Elizabeth Rosenstock-Siller reported this at a meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna.

According to her, the reports about the detention and torture of those detained on September 3-4 are largely consistent with the stories of other Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians detained by the occupying Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea under political pretexts.

"Russia must stop its baseless and vindictive repression of the Crimean Tatar community", - Elizabeth Rosenstock-Siller said.

What is known

  • The names of arrested Crimean Tatar activists will be repeatedly announced at the UN session in Geneva - Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
  • On September 3 - 4, five Crimean Tatars were detained in Simferopol and Yevpatoria - business person Eldar Odamanov, cousins Aziz and Asan Akhtemov, Shevket Useinov, and Nariman Dzhelyal, deputy head of the Crimean Tatar People's Mejlis, on suspicion of blowing up a gas pipeline in the village of Perevalne.
  • Dozens of people, including relatives, journalists, and lawyers, came to the FSB building demanding information about the detainees.
  • Over forty of them were detained, including journalists of Crimean Solidarity and Grany.ru Ayder Kadyrov and Nuri Abdurashitov.
  • On September 6, the occupation "court" arrested the detained Crimean Tatars.
  • The arrested Asan Akhtemov, who was charged under another article, was not allowed to see a doctor and the necessary medication did not reach him. The Crimean Tatar was accused of sabotage by an organized group. Lawyer Ayder Azamatovv considers it pressure for Akhtemov's refusal to testify.