In a Russian prison, a Crimean man with asthma was not given inhalers until he had an attack

Timur Yalkabov, a Crimean with chronic asthma, convicted by Russia, was not given inhalers in prison - until he had an attack.

According to Crimea.Realii, Yalkabov's relatives bought the medicines and sent them to the prison No. 1 in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region of Russia. The medicines that were in the medical unit of the prison did not suit him and did not relieve his asthma attacks.

"I sent the medicines on time, but the doctor was on vacation. The administration gave him their own, but they did not help him," the media quoted the prisoner's wife , Aliya Yalkabova, as saying.

After the political prisoner's next attack, the prison staff took out one inhaler from a parcel sent by relatives.

"The doctor came back from vacation in September, and only then he was given all the medicines," - Aliya added.

Yalkabov's lawyer visited the penal institution. During his stay in prison , the political prisoner began to complain of pain in his joints and knees. In addition, the Crimean informed him about problems with the prisoner's shop, namely, long delays in the delivery of purchases, which began in August.

In February 2021, massive searches took place in Crimea in Belogorsk, Bakhchisarai, Simferopol, Sevastopol and the Soviet district of Crimea. Lenur Seydametov, Timur Yalkabov, Azamat Eyupov, Yashar Shikhametov, Ernest Ibragimov and Oleg Fedorov were taken to the FSB office in Crimea after investigative measures were carried out at their homes. The FSB investigators told their relatives that the Crimean Tatars were accused of involvement in the activities of the religious organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia but operates without restriction under national legislation in Ukraine and many countries around the world.

In May 2022, the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don issued a guilty verdict against the defendants in the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case. The sentences range from 12 to 14 years in prison. The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized 24 Crimean Tatar activists detained on March 27, 2019 in Crimea as political prisoners.

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