Political prisoner Ernest Ametov has problems with the duodenum

May 2, 2020

Ernest Ametov, a so-called second defendant of Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case, has problems with the duodenum, and therefore he needs to consume dairy products. However, he cannot do this, since such products are not transferred to the pre-trial detention center. It is reported by the Crimean solidarity public association.

“Ernest feels satisfactory. Obviously, he is worried about the pandemic. Before his arrest, he had problems with the duodenum. He needs to consume dairy products: kefir, milk and everything else. However, in pre-trial detention centers, for some reason, these products are for some reason absent, but in order to prevent the disease that he has, so that it does not develop even more, he needs to eat dairy products, but he cannot do this for these reasons. I have already requested the information and sent a lawyer request there, even before my visit, in order to provide me with information about Ernest’s state of health. What medical procedures are carried out in relation to Ernest, what medicines are given to him, and whether these medicines are given in general and whether they provide medical care at all”,- said lawyer Ayder Azamatov.

We remind that on October 11, 2017, in the city of Bakhchisarai, the invaders conducted mass searches in 6 dwellings of the Crimean Tatars – Marlen Asanov, Seyran Saliiev, Timur Ibrahimov, Memet Belyalov, Ernest Ametov, and Server Zekiryayev. Everyone was detained. They were charged under Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Participation in the activities of an organization which, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, is recognized as terrorist.”

On May 21, 2018, Russian security forces raided the dwellingss of activists of the Crimean Solidarity public association in the occupied Crimea, as a result of which Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov were detained. They are also accused of participating in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.

In February 2019, a criminal case was opened against eight individuals involved in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Marlen Asanov, Seyran Saliiev, Timur Ibrahimov, Memet Belyalov, Ernest Ametov, Server Zekiryayev, Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov (violent seizure of power or violent retention of power).

On March 5, it became known that the two defendants in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Timur Ibrahimov and Memet Belyalov – had their charge toughened from Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (“participation in the activities of a terrorist organization”) Part 1 (“organization of the activities of a terrorist organization”).

On September 12, all eight defendants in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case Marlen Asanov, Server Zekiryaev, Memet Belyalov, Seyran Saliiev, Ernest Ametov, Timur Ibrahimov, Edem Smailov and Server Mustafayev were transferred from Crimea to Rostov-on-Don.