Abdulmedzhyt Seitumerov, a political prisoner from Crimea detained by Russian authorities on 24 August, was transferred from a pre-trial detention facility to Simferopol's psychiatric hospital. Source: Crimean Solidarity, citing Seitumerov's lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov Details: Kurbedinov said that this was not the first case against members of Hizb ut-Tahrir when the defendants are subjected to psychiatric examination and recognised as fully sane, and thus subject to prosecution.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has condemned the detention of Crimean Tatars on Ukraine's Independence Day and called upon the international community to "keep putting pressure on Russia". Source: a commentary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine concerning the latest detentions of Crimean Tatars Quote: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly condemns the persecution of Ukrainian citizens by the occupying administration of Crimea on entirely trumped-up charges,
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Three Crimean Tatars, Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulayev, were remanded in custody in a pre-trial detention centre for two months by the Russian-controlled Kyiv court in Bakhchysarai, Crimea, on the evening of 24 August.