Nariman Jelał clearly emphasized that since the beginning of the business of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, opposed Russia's aggression against Ukraine. In Crimea, he worked to defend the rights of Ukrainian citizens, helping families of political prisoners.
– Of course. did not like the Russian authorities. I was arrested on the basis of a completely fabricated case, as in most cases of political prisoners. I was accused of an alleged diversion on a gas pipeline in the Symferopol region," said the politician during a diplomatic conference in Antalya.
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He was detained in September 2021After returning to Crimea from the top of the Crimean Platform in Kiev. The Ukrainian authorities reported that the detention of Jelał and another Tatars was “revenge” for the summit. It is besides said that The case was fabricated. A Crimean activist after being detained was assigned to a forced examination into a psychiatric hospital. A court controlled by Russia in 2022 sentenced him to 17 years imprisonment.
Ukrainian activist illegally convicted in Russia. “I have experienced humiliation and beating”
– In prison, it is very hard for everyone, although there are besides people who actually go there due to crimes committed and they feel more or little at home. But in the case of those who have done nothing illegal, who have become victims of injustice, the very fact that they have been found in specified a place, Very powerfully affects their psyche He emphasized in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.
– Of course, there are problems of everyday life, average nutrition, access to medical assistance, etc. All of this is subject to the injustice of investigative authorities, judges, and frequently in the current situation too. public torture, abuse, intellectual pressure, demolition and dignity said Jelał.
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– I wasn't straight tortured. But I experienced humiliation and beating. But I do not even compare it with the situations experienced by our prisoners of war – he continued by pointing out that there were people who were tortured in prison.
Jelał, who went free as part of the exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia in June 2024, assessed that he had not suffered "significant physical or intellectual losses". – First of all I thank God and the people who supported me – he added.
What's the prisoner exchange like?
Jelał besides described the procedure for exchanging prisoners. As he pointed out, Everything happened very quickly.. – On June 25, I was called to the chief of prison in Krasnoyarski Country (Syberia), where I was held. I was informed that on the same day they would take me and take me to the exchange – he told me.
He admitted that he had spent the next 2 days in custody without any information as to whether the information received from the head of the center was true. They could Take me to Moscow with any fresh charges'cause that's what happens there too," he added. The exchange took place on June 28. He was fed with his hands and blindfolded and transported to Ukrainian envoys.
– I always knew and believed it, but now I've experienced it on my own. Nothing compares to man's freedom. This is not only theoretical value for me, but besides a applicable goal in life to stay free," he said.
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The Crimean Peninsula was annexed by Russia in March 2014 as a consequence of armed intervention and referendum which Ukrainian and Western authorities found illegal. The Tatars, who constituted 12-15 percent of the peninsula's population before the annexation, boycotted the referendum and exposed themselves to repression from Moscow.
Nariman Jelał was appointed by president Volodymyr Zelenski as the future Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey.
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