Crimean Tatar political prisoner with tuberculosis denied release

A court in the Chelyabinsk region, where Crimean Tatar activist Tofik Abdulgaziyev is serving his sentence in a penal colony, has denied the defense's motion to release him due to health reasons. He was previously diagnosed with tuberculosis.

The defense presented evidence to the court that the disease is progressing. The political prisoner cannot receive treatment in a prison hospital. The disease itself is included in the list of conditions that impede serving a sentence.

Since 2019, from the day of his arrest, Tofik Abdulgaziyev has lost 40 kilograms. He was previously transferred from intensive care to the intensive care unit of the Verkhneuralsk hospital in the Chelyabinsk region.

Crimean Solidarity activist, Crimean Tatar Tofik Abdulgaziyev was sent to custody on March 27, 2019. In May 2022, the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced him to 12 years in prison. He, like hundreds of other Crimean Tatars, was accused of participating in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation. However, the case materials do not contain any information about planning or carrying out terrorist attacks, or calls for them.

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