Arrest extended to political prisoners Lenur Seidametov and Tymur Yalkabov

June 23, 2021

On Tuesday, June 22, the so-called Kyiv District Court of the occupied Crimea extended the measure of restraint for political prisoners Lenur Seidametov and Tymur Yalkabov, who were detained on February 17 after mass searches. They will remain in jail until September 15th.

We remind that on February 17, Russian security officials conducted seven searches in the houses of the Crimean Tatars in Bilohirsk, Bakhchysarai, Simferopol, Sevastopol and the Sovietskyy districts of the occupied Crimea. The detainees are charged with Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The so-called Kyiv District Court and the so-called Lenin District Court have chosen a preventive measure in the form of detention until April 15, 2021 for the detained Crimean Tatars – Ernest Ibrahimov, Tymur Yalkabov, Azamat Eiupov, Oleh Fedorov, Lenur Seidametov and Yashar Shykhametov.