On Tuesday, 27 August, Central district ‘court’ in Simferopol varied the preventive measure to political prisoner, the disabled person of group I, Edem Bekirov, and released him from the detention center in Simferopol on a promise to appear in court. This was reported by the journalist Anton Naumliuk on his Facebook page.
“Central district court in Simferopol varied the preventive measure to Edem Bekirov, charged with the illegal distribution of explosives and ammunition, and released him from the detention center on a promise to appear in the court. Bekirov was held in prison for two hundred fifty-eight days”, wrote journalist.
Previously, on 12 December 2018, Edem Bekirov was detained by Russian immigration officers while crossing the border at the checkpoint “Chongar”. He is a Crimean Tatar Ukrainian citizen, born in 1961, residing in the Novoalekseevka village in Kherson region. Detained around 8.30 a.m. on December 12, 2018, his location remained unknown until evening.
On December 13, the Kyiv district ‘court’of Simferopol put Edem Bekirov under arrest until February 11, 2019. On 20 December, Federal Security Service indicted him with the illegal arms’ circulation, transportation, sale, storage, and transportation of explosives (part 2, article 222, Constitution of Ukraine; part 2, article 222.1 Constitution of Ukraine).
On June 11, European Court of Human Rights ordered to urgently hospitalize Edem Bekirov.
On 10 July, European Court of Human Rights ordered to conduct an independent and specialized medical examination and prepare separate, detailed conclusions on all of his health problems.
Edem Bekirov is one of the Crimean Tatar activists in Novoalekseevka village. He is a disabled person of group I. In January 2018, he went through a difficult coronary artery bypass surgery. Besides, he wears a cast on his right leg.