56 Crimeans have been completely isolated at the Simfer…

Eskender Bariev, a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People and a human rights activist, reported that at Pretrial Detention Center No. 2 in Akmesdzhit (Simferopol) are being held in “incommunicado” conditions. Twenty separate cells have been set up for them.

This was reported by Krym.Realii

“Just a week ago, we received information that on the third floor of Pretrial Detention Center No. 2, there are 20 separate cells where political prisoners held incommunicado are being detained. We also received information about which cells hold three people, which hold four, and which hold two. According to our estimates, about 56 people are being held incommunicado,” the human rights activist noted.

Also held in this detention center are Oleg Platonov and Natalia Polyukh, a married couple from Sevastopol, as well as Eskender Bariev. The occupiers detained the man in Alushta, where he worked. Natalia was arrested when she took her nine-year-old child to school. Due to her detention, the child spent several months in a shelter until relatives were able to take her home.

“Incommunicado” statusmeans the total isolation of a detainee or prisoner from the outside world, with no possibility of contacting anyone. A person in this condition is strictly prohibited from visiting with or corresponding with family members and is also deprived of the right to meet with a lawyer or an independent doctor. Under international law, such detention is considered a gross violation of human rights and a form of torture, as it creates a high risk of unpunished use of violence.

Earlier, Crimean political prisonerMarat Batirov, who spent more than six months in incommunicado detention in Russian captivity, wrote a series of poems. He dedicated some of them to his friends and his grandson.

In his poetry, he speaks of injustice, the crueltyof war, and the strength of the human spirit, and expresses sincere gratitude to the friends who stood by him during the most difficult period of his life. In the poem to his granddaughter, he urges her never to lose her human dignity, strength of spirit, or faith in life, no matter the circumstances.

Юлія Калабайда

56 Crimeans have been completely isolated at the Simferopol pretrial detention center

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