Political refugee from Uzbekistan shot dead in Crimea during a mobile operation to capture him SOCIETY 21:50 / 15.05.2021 2862
Russian security forces have launched an operation to arrest Uzbek political prisoner Nabi (Ayub) Rakhimov in the village of Zavetnoe in the Crimean Sovetsky district. The suspect was killed during the operation, lawyer Islam Velilyayev said.
According to the lawyer, security forces searched the house where Rakhimov’s family lived and took his wife to the migration department. There she was charged with violating the regime of stay in Russia.
“They came in, greeted my mom, and then started asking about my dad. Then they searched the house. They wrote the reason for their arrival at the end of the protocol, read it, but I understood almost nothing. A copy of the protocol was not left. Some people came and saw our passport and told us to go to Sovetsky. They did not explain why. When
This undated combination of photos shows Nabi Rakhimov and his 11-year-old daughter. Photo by
Crimean Solidarity
Lawyers believe that the FSB in Russian-occupied Crimea first tortured Nabi Rakhimov, and then staged a ‘shootout’ on 11 May, quite possibly to hide the real cause of the Uzbek refugee’s death. The enforcement bodies are refusing to hand over the slain man’s body, claiming that it is part of their ‘investigation’. There is, in fact, nothing to suggest that there was ‘an investigation’ before the FSB killed Rakhimov. Human rights lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov explains that they have yet to see any warrants to search either the home where Rakhimov’s wife was living with the couple’s two younger children, or the semi-built house where he was sleeping while he continued construction work. As if all of this were not enough brutality, Rakhimov’s widow, Sokhiba Burkhanova is now facing deportation to Uzbekistan, with the children’s
This undated combination of photos shows Nabi Rakhimov and his 11-year-old daughter. Photo by
Crimean Solidarity
Whether this was revenge because the European Court of Human Rights found that Russia had violated Nabi Rakhimov’s rights, or a botched arrest is unclear, but the FSB went on to initiate cynical criminal charges against the slain man and to take his wife away
On Monday evening, Nabi Rakhimov broke his fast together with other Muslims observing Ramadan in Russian-occupied Crimea. Less than 24 hours later, he had been shot dead by the FSB and other Russian-controlled enforcement officers who burst into his home and then came for him at the house that he was helping to build. His wife, Sakhaba Burkhanova was taken away after the early morning search, and as of late evening on 11 May was still being held by the FSB.
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