Ombudsman: At least 36 illegally convicted Crimean political prisoners need immediate medical care
Kyiv • UNN
Inadequate conditions of detention and failure to provide necessary medical care have led to Ukrainian political prisoner Tofik Abdulgaziyev losing almost half of his weight, and at least 36 of the 216 illegally convicted Crimean political prisoners need immediate medical care.
Inadequate conditions of detention and failure to provide the necessary medical care led to a deterioration in the health of Ukrainian political prisoner Tofik Abdulgaziyev. The man has lost almost half his weight. Currently, at least 36 illegally convicted Crimean political prisoners out of 216 are in need of immediate medical care. This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, reports UNN.
Relatives of Ukrainian political prisoner Tofik Adbulgaziyev are not provided with information on the state of health of the latter: the Russian Federation continues to blatantly violate international humanitarian law. Inadequate conditions of detention and failure to provide necessary medical care have led to a deterioration in the health of Ukrainian political prisoner Tofik Adbulgaziyev. In the prison of Verkhnyouralsk, Chelyabinsk region, the Crimean Tatar lost almost half his weight - up to 59 kg. This information was received from his wife and lawyers
He noted that on March 22, Abdulgaziyev was hospitalized in a specialized tuberculosis hospital in critical condition, but the prison's chief medical officer assured his wife that her husband's condition was satisfactory.
However, she was not told what treatment he received, in fact, she was kept silent about the real picture of the political prisoner's health. Currently, at least 36 illegally convicted Crimean political prisoners out of 216 are in need of immediate medical care, 27 of them are Crimean Tatars
Recall
The Crimean Solidarity activist was taken to a prison in Verkhnouralsk in July 2013.
Prior to his arrest and imprisonment, Abdulgaziyev participated in organizing events for the children of Crimean political prisoners. He was an activist of the Crimean Solidarity, a sound engineer, and a member of the Crimean Childhood project.
In May 2022, the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don convicted Tofik Abdulgaziyev on charges of involvement in the banned Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir in Russia. He was sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security colony with the first 5 years in prison.
On March 22, Abdulgaziyev was taken from a Russian prison to a tuberculosis hospital in Chelyabinsk.
