Four years ago, on March 11, 2020, Russian security forces conducted massive searches in Crimea, which resulted in the detention of Amet Suleymanov. He was accused of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation.
At first, the man was under house arrest due to serious illness, but on October 29, 2021, the Southern District Military Court (Rostov-on-Don) sentenced him to 12 years in a maximum security colony. And on April 6, 2023, Amet Suleymanov was taken into custody and transferred to a detention center, despite his serious health condition.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center believes that the execution of this sentence is a deliberate encroachment by Russia on the life of Amet Suleymanov, as his health condition and conditions in Russian prisons leave very little chance that he will survive his stay in detention.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center constantly and systematically deals with issues related to the illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the occupation authorities and emphasizes that all responsibility for the life and health of illegally detained and convicted Ukrainian citizens in places of detention, including in the temporarily occupied territories, lies solely with Russia as the aggressor state.
The CTRC demands that the Russian Federation provide the necessary medical assistance to Amet Suleymanov and other illegally detained and convicted persons in places of detention. We also appeal to the international community to provide an appropriate assessment of the actions of the aggressor state in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and to take certain steps to influence Russia.