Family of Crimean Tatar leader recently freed from Russian captivity leave occupied Crimea – photo
Nariman Dzhelyal, who is Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis, an executive body representing the Crimean Tatar people, was recently liberated from Russian captivity. Now his family has left Russian-occupied Crimea.
Dzhelyal's wife Leviza and their four children have left for Ukrainian-controlled territory and are heading to Kyiv.
Source: Nariman Dzhelyal in a comment to Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne
Details: The former political prisoner expects to be reunited with his family on the evening of 5 July. It will be the first time he has seen them in three years.
Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis, has also confirmed that Nariman Dzhelyal's family are on their way to Kyiv.
Chubarov noted that the measures that used to be taken to ensure the safety of Dzhelyal's family are now a thing of the past.
"Starting tomorrow morning, Nariman plans to personally contact the journalists who have sent him requests for communication over the last few days," the Mejlis chairman added.
Background:
- Nariman Dzhelyal had been in Russian captivity since 2021. He was released from Russian torture chambers along with nine other civilians on 28 June 2024.
- They include Greek Catholic priests Bohdan Heleta and Ivan Levytskyi, who resisted the occupation in Berdiansk, as well as Olena Pekh and Valerii Matiushenko, civilians who had been held captive since 2017-2018.
- Nariman Dzhelyal said the hardest things he had to endure in captivity were the humiliation and injustice.
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