In punishment isolation cell (SHIZO)

Remzi Bekirov

Birth date

February 20, 1985

Citizenship

Family

Have children

Case

The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov

Article

Part 1, Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code; Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code

Verdict

Nineteen years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year and six months' restriction of liberty

Bekirov, a Crimean Solidarity activist and correspondent for Grani.ru, experienced political persecution and pressure beginning on March 27, 2019. On that day, his residence was subjected to a search. The following day, he was detained in Rostov-on-Don, and on the same day of his detention, he was placed into custody on charges related to organizing the activities of a terrorist organisation. During this ordeal, Bekirov reported that he was beaten during his arrest, then taken to a forest where he was beaten again, and afterward transported for six hours in handcuffs with hands behind his back, while being threatened and intimidated. Following these events, he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center in the Rostov region before being moved back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Bekirov was facing additional charges related to preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On March 10, 2022, he received a 19-year sentence in a strict-regime penal colony.