Crimean activist gets hepatitis in Russian colony

Activist from Simferopol <b>Enver Ametov</b>, sentenced by a Russian court to 13 years in prison, reported serious health problems that arose during his imprisonment.

This was reported by Radio Liberty.

According to his wife Galina, the 50-year-old political prisoner developed a disease of the legs. One leg began to go numb, and varicose veins formed on both legs. Galina Ametova noticed blue spots on her husband's legs, characteristic of ruptured veins, during a long visit in February in prison #2 in Yelets, where he was kept before the transfer. It was then that Ametov was also diagnosed with hepatitis B.

After being transferred to the IC-6 in the Pskov region of the Russian Federation in April this year, the activist's condition worsened: headaches and numbness in his leg intensified. The family has repeatedly tried to get Enver Ametov to undergo an MRI scan, but to no avail.

The situation with treatment is critical: Ametov turned to the prison nurse, who referred him to a surgeon. However, after several attempts to get an appointment, it turned out that the doctor had been on sick leave for more than two months. The wife also added that the activist rarely visits doctors because of the constant long queues, although he is concerned about high blood pressure and headaches.

Enver Ametov is a defendant in the "second Simferopol group" in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. He was detained in March 2019 during the most massive searches in the homes of Crimean Tatars, when civilian journalists and civic activists were arrested.

Катерина Глушко