Bekir Degermendzhi’s lawyer demanded his client’s urgent hospitalization

Edem Semedlyaev, a lawyer of Bekir Degermendzhi detained by the occupants on suspicion of alleged extortion, demanded his client’s hospitalization.

Crimean Tatar needs lung ventilation, as lawyer reported on Tuesday, December 12, 2017.

«He doesn’t sleep the fourth night. He can only be in a sitting position, as soon as he lies down, he feels worse. It's very problematic for him to reach the toilet. They didn’t bring him to us. I wrote a number of complaints to the head of the detention centre and to their medical office, so that he could be transferred urgently to a specialized medical institution and provided with urgent medical assistance, especially, he needs lung ventilation», he said.

As you know, Degermendzhi suffers from bronchial asthma. He has a third group of disability. A man needs regular medical examinations.

On December 6, 2017 the court extended Bekir Degermendzhi’s arrest. Crimean Tatar became bad several times during the hearing, and he was called an ambulance.

Earlier, it became known that police officers refused to provide medical assistance the Crimean Tatar Asan Chapukh, who was also accused of allegedly extortion by the invaders. The day before, Chapukh had a microinsult in the detention center.

On November 24, 2017 the so-called Kiev District Court in Simferopol chose to detain for two months  Asan Chapukh, Ruslan Trubach, Kyazim Ametov and Bekir Degermendzhi.

As you know, in Crimea on November 23, 2017 the Russian FSS together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation detained Bekir Degermendzhi, Mustafa Degermendzhi’s father, Kyazim Ametov, Asan Chapukh, Ruslan Trubach and Kurtseit Abdullayev, who was later released.

The invaders accuse the men of alleged blackmailing a Turkish citizen. However, the Crimean Tatars tried to help the Vedzhie Kashka family to recover the money stolen by this Turkish citizen. According to the First Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelyal, it is about Yusuf Aytan, a Turkish citizen who stole a large sum of money from the Kashka family. Dzhelyal suggests that the Russian special services used the Turk, or he himself went with them to cooperate and to avoid returning his debt.

The detained Crimean Tatars at the time of the round-up were in the cafe together with Vedzhie Kashka. They came there at Yusuf Aytan’s request who on the eve promised to return the money. During the detention Vedzhie Kashka became ill. She was taken to the ambulance. On the way to the hospital, the woman died. She was buried on Friday on November 24, 2017. People from all over Crimea came to say goodbye to her. More than three thousand people attended her funeral.