Teymur Abdullayev has spent virtually all of the last year in a Russian SHIZO or punishment cell, where the conditions are tantamount to torture. His lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov, reports that the Crimean Tatar political prisoner is receiving particularly bad treatment because he rejected attempts by the Russian FSB to get him to collaborate with them, by providing testimony against others, etc. Kurbedinov adds that the FSB essentially hinted that he was being punished for refusing to cave in. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [OHCHR] has now begun monitoring the situation which is causing a severe, and potentially life-threatening, deterioration in Abdullayev’s state of health.
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Halya Coynash: Crimean Tatar political prisoner spends year in torture conditions for refusing to collaborate
This undated photo shows Crimean Tatar political prisoner Teymur Abdullayev. Abdullayev and his brother Uzeir were among five Crimean Tatars arrested by Russian occupational authorities on Oct. 12, 2016, on charges related solely to their faith, human rights activists say.
