AMET SULEYMANOV

Amet Suleymanov is a citizen journalist of the Crimean Solidarity public association. Following the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, he covered searches and arrests of Crimean Tatars, for which he was detained in 2017 and 2019. In recent years, Suleymanov had to limit his journalistic activity due to health problems.

In October 2021, the Southern District Military Court (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) sentenced Suleymanov to 12 years in the maximum-security regime penal colony. In August-September 2023, despite Suleymanov’s critical health condition, he was transferred to the largest Russian maximum-security prison in Vladimir. Read more.