Two Crimean Tatars are being held by security forces for two weeks without charge

On November 3, in Sevastopol, 22-year-old Farkhad Soliev and his colleague, 33-year-old Server Aliyev, were taken to an unknown direction in a car belonging to the FSB. Since then, the relatives of the abducted have not known about their location and status.

Lenara Seidalieva, the mother of Farkhad Soliev, said that she contacted the FSB Directorate for Crimea and Sevastopol. However, they did not respond to her written or online application. There is no publicly available information about the cases initiated against Farhad Soliev and Server Aliyev. They are also not listed in pre-trial detention centers or temporary detention centers. The woman filed a complaint about the inaction of the police officers and demanded that all those responsible be brought to justice and that her son be released.

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