Two Crimean Tatar activists detained in occupied Crimea

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022, 23:51

Crimean Tatar activists Emil Emirov and Nasrulla Seidaliyev were detained in Russian occupied Crimea.

Source: Eskender Bariev, Chairman of the Board of the NGO "Crimean Tatar Resource Centre" 

Details: Emirov, a resident of Bakhchisarai, has been accused of "treason and links with Ukrainian agents." This was relayed by his wife. Emirov worked as Deputy Head of the joint-stock company "Krymtelecom".

The second detainee, Crimean Tatar Nasrulla Seidaliyev, was a 62-year-old resident of Novooleksiyivka. He was detained by security forces on charges of participating in the "illegal" (according to Russia law) battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhihan.

Seidaliyev was detained in Simferopol on charges of Part 2 of Article 208 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in an illegal armed group").