~Russia illegally detains 25,000 Kremlin prisoners
According to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, this is the number of civilians abducted by the Russian Federation.
The ZMINA Human Rights Centre has found that at least 21 prisoners require urgent medical care and may die unless they receive it.
During the full-scale invasion, the National Police began investigating the enforced disappearance of 8,800 people. Russian Children's Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova claims Russia has illegally abducted over 700,000 children from Ukraine.
The Media Initiative for Human Rights has identified about one hundred places where abducted civilians are held.
The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Qırım) confirms 218 illegally imprisoned Ukrainian citizens, 132 of whom are Qırımtatarlar.
During the full-scale war, 3,956 Ukrainian citizens, including 170 civilians, were returned to Ukraine.
Political prisoner Rustem Seitmemetov needs constant medication, some of which is not allowed under Russian colony rules
Crimean Tatar Rustem Seitmemetov, sentenced to 13 years in prison, needs constant treatment for his third group of disabilities after heart surgery, but most of the medicines he needs are not allowed in the penal colony in Salavat (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia).
This was reported by the political prisoner's wife, Zera Zeinetdinova, Crimean Solidarity writes.
In May 2024, Seitmemetov suffered a heart attack and underwent bypass surgery. A few months later, the political prisoner's condition deteriorated, and the administration took him to the prison hospital.
The doctors conducted an examination, after which the Crimean Tatar was diagnosed with the third group of disabilities and returned to the colony. The man will have to undergo an annual examination to confirm the diagnosis and extend his disability category.
According to the political prisoner's wife, he did not have any heart problems before his arrest, but his health deteriorated during the five years of his imprisonment. Seitmemetov suffers from high blood pressure and cataracts in his eyes, which were not present before his arrest.
Rustem Seitmemetov, a defendant in the case of the ‘third Bakhchysarai group of Hizb ut-Tahrir’, was detained on March 11, 2020, in the occupied Crimea (Qırım). On that day, Russian Federal Security Service officers simultaneously searched the homes of Crimean Tatars and detained Rustem's nephews, Osman and Seitumer Seitumerov.
On October 29, 2021, the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Seitumer and Osman Seitumerov, Rustem Seitmemetov and Amet Suleimanov to 17, 14, 13, and 12 years' imprisonment in a maximum security colony, respectively.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is an Islamic political party. In 2003, it was declared a terrorist organisation in Russia and its members began to be prosecuted. Members are accused of 'unconstitutional activities' and attempts to create a so-called 'world caliphate'. After the occupation of Crimea in 2014, the Russians extended their legislation to the peninsula. Crimean Muslims have been accused of involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir, increasing pressure on Crimean Tatars to oppose the occupation of Crimea (Qırım).
Four Ukrainian POWs accused of 'terrorism' in Kursk region
The Russian Federation has completed an 'investigation' into a criminal case against four Ukrainian POWs accused of alleged terrorism in the Kursk region.
This was reported by the Russian Investigative Committee.
Russian investigators have completed an 'investigation' into the criminal case against Valerii Malchenko, Serhii Bochenko, Serhii Lytvynenko, and Serhii Bilichenko.
The Russians claim that in early August 2024, the Ukrainian military was on the territory of the Sudzha and Korenevo districts, where they opened fire on the Russian military, banned civilians from moving and occupied residential buildings. During the hostilities on August 13, all of them were captured by Russia and are currently being held in captivity in Russia.
Asan Buberdzhi detained in Crimea (Qırım) for allegedly publicly supporting Ukraine
Russian security forces have detained 58-year-old Asan Buberdzhi in the temporarily occupied Crimea (Qırım) for allegedly making anti-Russian calls and publicly supporting Ukraine.
This was reported by the Voice of Crimea news agency.
Asan Buberdzhi is a resident of the village of Turgenevka (Teberti) in the Bakhchysarai (Bağçasaray) district of the peninsula.
The reason for his detention was allegedly public calls for violence against Russians and statements in support of Ukraine.
The Russian Federal Security Service searched the man's house and allegedly found a substance of plant origin that resembled drugs. The findings were sent for examination, and the man was placed in a temporary detention centre.
