Members of European Parliament advocate for Crimean political prisoners

On the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People, Members of the European Parliament issued a demand to the Russian Federation for the immediate release of Crimean political prisoners, specifically naming Server Mustafayev, Iryna Danylovych, and Osman Arifmemetov. Relevant statements were published on the social media platform “X” on May 18.

European Parliament. Source: Flickr

“May 18 is the Day of Remembrance for the deportations of Crimean Tatars in 1944. The repressions continue: Iryna Danylovych, 46, a human rights defender, was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment. We demand the immediate release of Crimean political prisoners,” wrote MEP Serhiy Lagodynskyi on his account.

Iryna Danylovych. Photo from social networks

Lagodynskyi also called for the immediate release of 39-year-old journalist Osman Arifmemetov, illegally sentenced by the occupying authorities to 14 years in prison.

Osman Arifmemetov. Source: “Crimea.Realities”

MEP Michael Gahler demanded an end to the repression against Server Mustafayev.

“The repressions continue: 39-year-old human rights defender Server Mustafayev sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment. We demand the immediate release of Crimean political prisoners,” he wrote.

Server Mustafayev. Source: “Crimean Solidarity”

ZMINA previously reported that Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, called on Russian authorities to provide immediate and comprehensive medical assistance to Crimean political prisoners currently held in Russia.