Emir-Huseyn Kuku was urgently operated on

June 28, 2023

Crimean Tatar, political prisoner Emir-Huseyn Kuku was urgently operated on in a civil hospital in Bashkortostan. This was reported by his wife Meriem Kuku to Crimean Solidarity.

It is known that on June 21, Emir-Huseyn was taken from the colony to the hospital due to an attack of pain in the kidneys. He was left in the hospital due to the fact that during the diagnosis it turned out that he had impaired important bowel functions.

On June 23, he underwent emergency surgery.

“After the operation, he was discharged from the city hospital in Salavat and transferred to a hospital in Ufa, now his condition is satisfactory. On Saturday, they plan a control ultrasound, then they will prepare for discharge and return to the colony”,- Meriem said.

We remind you that Emir-Huseyn Kuku, Vadym Siruk, Muslim Aliev, Enver Bekirov, Arsen Dzhepparov and Refat Alimov are accused of participation in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in the Russian Federation. They are charged with Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of a terrorist organization and participation in it). Later they began to impute Article 278 of the Criminal Code (Forced seizure of power or forcible retention of power). On October 11, during a court session in the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the prosecutor requested 13 to 20 years in prison for the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants. On November 12, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the sentence. Muslim Aliev and Enver Bekirov were sentenced to 19 and 18 years in a maximum security penal colony, Emir-Huseyn Kuku and Vadym Siruk – to 12 years, Refat Alimov – to 8 years, Arsen Dzhepparov – to 7 years.