The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resolution on the illegal detention of representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people in Crimea

September 10, 2021

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Resolution On the Statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the illegal detention of the first deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelyalov and other representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people of Crimea in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by the aggressor state of the Russian Federation, for which 305 MPs voted.

“The draft Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine On the Statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the illegal detention of the first deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelialov and other representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people of Crimea in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by the aggressor state of the Russian Federation was passed in order to protect the rights of the Crimean Tatar people of Crimea, illegally detained and imprisoned by the bodies of the Russian Federation, which use the practice of inhumane treatment and torture of the detainees”,- the explanatory note said.

We remind you that on September 3-4 in the occupied Crimea, in the houses of the Crimean Tatars Eldar Odamanov, Aziz Akhtemov, Shevket Useinov, Asan Akhtemov and Nariman Dzhelyalov the searches were conducted. The security forces confiscated the equipment and took the men with them.

On September 4, Russian security officials in the occupied Crimea detained more than 40 people who wanted to know about the fate of five Crimean Tatars. They were fined 30,000 rubles.

Later it became known that Nariman Dzhelyal and cousins Aziz and Asan Akhtemov were suspected of complicity in the sabotage. The occupants claim that they are involved in the damage to the gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoe, Simferopol district of Crimea.

Eldar Odamanov and Shevket Useinov were released after the search, but later they were detained again and an administrative protocol was drawn up. A Russian court in Crimea arrested Shevket Useinov and Eldar Odamanov for 14 and 15 days under Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code of Russia (disobedience to the police).

On September 6, the so-called Russian court in the occupied Crimea arrested the first deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelyalov, as well as the brothers Aziz and Asan Akhtemov for 2 months – until November 4, 2021.