Lawyer Edem Semedliaiev detained in the occupied Crimea

May 26, 2022

On Thursday, May 26, employees of the Center for Combating Extremism detained lawyer Edem Semedliaiev in occupied Simferopol for posting on social networks. It was reported by the Crimean solidarity public association.

“He was detained on Lermontov Street in Simferopol. Edem told me that he was being detained for some publication on social networks. The CCE staff put him in a car and they left”,- said the wife of Edem Semedliaiev, Elvina.

It is noted that the lawyer was detained for having a post with Joe Biden on the social network Facebook, which does not belong to Edem (he was noted in it by another user).