A Crimean Tatar political prisoner was sent to a colony for 3.5 thousand km from home

Timur Yalkabov, a Crimean Tatar, was transferred from the prison of the city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region, to Murmansk. This is more than 3.5 thousand. kilometers from Crimea.

"The weather there is very different, and I worry about how he will tolerate the climate, because he is asthmatic. It will be very difficult to get to it: there is no direct route in that direction, and with five children it is physically and financially very difficult," shared the prisoner's wife Alia Yalkabova.

Previously, Timur Yalkabov was repeatedly placed in the SHIZO of the Ulyanovsk prison. In three months, he lost 28 kg. In addition, his head was forcibly shaved. After that, the prison staff tried to force the believer to wash his head in cold water.

In 2022, Yalkabov was sentenced to 17 years in prison. He was accused of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic party, banned in the Russian Federation. According to the case file, the suspect had no weapons, did not plan to commit terrorist acts, and did not call others to them.

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