Political prisoner Ernest Ibrahimov taken out for psychiatric examination

March 9, 2021

Political prisoner Ernest Ibrahimov, who was detained on February 17 after mass searches, was taken to a clinic for an inpatient forensic psychiatric examination. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.

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 Sovietsk district 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 Leninsk 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.