Russia’s transfers of political and other prisoners are always long and arduous, but for Ukrainian political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev it was particularly tough since the guards at the Rostov SIZO [remand prison] had stolen the only food he could eat. The 32-year-old Crimean Tatar had scarcely recovered after the long hunger strike he had held for weeks in protest at Russia’s repression against him and the entire Crimean Tatar people. Zeytullaev was declared a political prisoner by the renowned Memorial Human Rights Centre back in July 2016 long before the end of his first ‘trial’ which was so grossly fabricated, that the court initially refused to provide the huge sentence demanded by the prosecutor.
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Halya Coynash: Prison staff steal all food from Crimean Tatar political prisoner
Russian judges sentenced political prisoner, Crimean Tatar Ruslan Zeytullaev, 31-year-old father of three, to 15 years’ maximum security.
