Crimean Tatar political prisoner worsened heart disease

Crimean Tatar journalist Amet Suleimanov, who was sentenced to 12 years of age, suffers from arterial and mitral heart failure. He previously had a disability status but was withdrawn.

In October 2021, the Southern District Military Court sentenced Suleimanov to 12 years' imprisonment on charges of participation in the Islamic party «Hizb ut-Tahrir», which was banned in Russia. According to the investigation, the man was preparing «forcible seizure of power by means of total Islamization of the population». The prosecution relied on two audio files of wiretaps at a mosque in Bakhchisarai and two classified witnesses. No weapons, ammunition or direct evidence of plans to seize power or prepare terrorist attacks were found on the person involved.

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