Lawyer: Edem Bekirov is not taken to hospital
Occupiers, despite their promises, did not take the seriously ill political prisoner Edem Bekirov to Semashko hospital in Simferopol. He stays in the medical unit of pretrial detention center.
His Aleksey Ladin wrote it on Facebook.
«I have just talked with the head of medical unit. My client Edem Bekirov, being accused of illegal possession of explosives and ammunition, was not taken for a medical examination to Semashko hospital. The reason is they could not collect the squad,» reported the lawyer.
According to him, the head of medical unit assured that next day before dinner, Bekirov would be taken to hospital.
Earlier, on January 10, the Kiev District Court of Simferopol refused to satisfy the appeal against the arrest extension and leaving Edem Bekirov in the pretrial detention center.
Prisoner’s daughter Eleonora Bekirova said that her father’s crutches were taken away and he was really unable to move.
On 21 December 2018, Crimean Tatar’s lawyer Aleksey Ladin stated that his client’s presence in the detention center is dangerous for his life. Edem Bekirov has a number of diseases preventing him from staying there. Nevertheless, occupiers are keeping Crimean Tatar not even in the medical unit, but in the general cell. During that time, Bekirov could not bandage himself up.
As ATR reported, on 13 December 2018, the Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested Edem Bekirov till February 11, 2019.
As it is known, on 12 December 2018, a man was detained in Chongar around 08:30 in the morning when he passed passport control at the occupied territory controlled by Russian border guards. At about 2:40 pm, Russian security forces took Edem Bekirov from a checkpoint in Chongar somewhere. Later the Crimean Tatar was brought to the Russian FSS office in Simferopol.
On December 19, the FSS charged the Crimean Tatar Edem Bekirov with allegedly organizing an arms cache in Crimea, as well as connecting with the Asker’s activities.
As you know, Edem Bekirov is a disabled person of group I. Last year he had a serious heart surgery, having one leg amputated. Doctors also diagnosed diabetes mellitus at him. A man needs day-and-night medical care.
