58-year-old Dzhemil Gafarov’s kidney disease is so severe that even Russian law should have precluded his detention, only the law and elementary decency are discarded in Russia’s treatment of Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners. Gafarov, who is not even accused of any recognizable crime, has now developed gout, which is directly linked to his kidney failure, as well as the refusal by the staff of the Simferopol SIZO [remand prison] to provide proper healthcare.
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This archive photo shows a Russian traffic police officer speaking with Crimean Tatars holding their flags as they sit in a car during a day of Crimean Tatars' national flag in the Crimean capital Simferopol, on June 26, 2014.
