- 
French
 - 
fr
German
 - 
de
Italian
 - 
it
Spanish
 - 
es
English
 - 
en
UKR
National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

THE NATIONAL UNION OF
JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE

No Result
View All Result
DONATE
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
DONATE
THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF UKRAINE
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Our Partners
  • DONATE
Home TOP news

Russian court decides to keep seriously ill journalist Amet Suleymanov in prison

NUJU By NUJU
01.07.2024
in TOP news, News
0
0
amet sulejmanov 1024x683 1
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterSent by emailScan QR

As lawyer Lilya Gemedzhi of the Crimean Solidarity non-governmental organization told journalists, the Frunze District Court of the city of Vladimir (russia) refused to release Amet Suleymanov, a Crimean citizen from Bakhchysarai, despite the fact that he has two diseases that are included in russia’s list of diseases incompatible with the conditions of imprisonment.

“Our argument was also that the medical opinion, which was illegally made by the Federal Penitentiary Service after my client was transferred to Prison 2 in Vladimir, is contradictory. The data of the research part, the conclusions made by narrow specialists, for example, a cardiologist, contradict the general conclusions made by prison doctors from the Federal Penitentiary Service, who signed this examination,” said Lilya Gemedzhi.

She emphasized that the codes of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which were written by highly specialized doctors, completely coincided with those diseases with which a prisoner cannot stay in prison.

“We drew the attention of the court to another medical report indicating Amet Suleymanov‘s diagnoses and tests, made by an independent expert organization, in which specialists confirmed the evidence of the defense that Suleymanov has diseases for which he is subject to release from prison. But the court ignored this document,” the lawyer said.

Lilya Gemedzhi also noted that the court denied the defense the questioning of the doctors who drew up the medical opinion at the stage of the trial in the first instance and the questioning of the forensic expert who performed the independent examination.

The defense plans to file an appeal against the decision of the Frunze Court and challenge the illegal medical opinion of the Federal Penitentiary Service in an administrative procedure.

According to the lawyer, Amet Suleymanov‘s condition has significantly worsened since he was taken into custody. In particular, he developed a new disease – retinal hypertensive angiopathy.

“This suggests that changes in the ability to see occur against the background of constant high pressure. He cannot read or write for a long time; his eyes are constantly watering. There have been more frequent cases when, after sleep, he discovers congealed blood in his nose and a pillow covered in blood. He is not allowed to undergo an adequate medical examination. He is not prescribed medical drugs, but only those that confuse the symptoms,” explains lawyer Lilya Gemedzhi.

As earlier reported, Amet Suleymanov was under house arrest for three years due to his health. The first court session found him not guilty and released him from custody. However, after some time, he was re-arrested. And this time, he was sentenced by a russian court to 12 years in prison in the falsified “case of Crimean Muslims.”

The journalist suffers from arterial and mitral heart failure. However, on April 6, 2023, Amet Suleymanov was taken into custody and taken to a detention center.

The Memorial Human Rights Center in russia recognized Amet Suleymanov as a political prisoner.

amet suleymanov
“Amet has many diseases: heart, lungs, stomach, and joints,” says the political prisoner’s wife Lilya Suleymanova

NUJU Information Service

 

Previous Post

How to make the work of journalists more effective for Defense Forces?

Next Post

Local security, IDPs’ rights and budget spending: three top topics that residents of liberated and frontline territories want to know more about – NUJU research 

Related Articles

if bybliv1 768x576 1
TOP news

“Without fixers, many reports about Ukraine simply would not have appeared in the international information space,” participants in meeting at Ivano-Frankivsk JSC

2025/08
Kateryna Zavarzina tests a new charger
TOP news

Nashe Zhyttia newspaper from front-line town of Novomykolayivka, Zaporizhzhia Region, receives a charging station as part of NUJU’s project

2025/08
534405599 24471614079163459 3887522136164101975 n
TOP news

“You are doing very important things!” – Vladyslav Yesypenko visits NUJU’s office

2025/08

Discussion about this post

TOP News

  • photo 2023 05 10 15 21 00 768x585 1

    List of journalists killed since start of russia’s full-scale aggression (UPDATE)

    301 shares
    Share 120 Tweet 75
  • French photojournalist Frédéric Pétry documents realities of the war in Zaporizhzhia

    68 shares
    Share 27 Tweet 17
  • Under Potential Drone Attack: Mezhivskyi Merydian Newsroom One Step Away from Evacuation

    1 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
if bybliv1 768x576 1

“Without fixers, many reports about Ukraine simply would not have appeared in the international information space,” participants in meeting at Ivano-Frankivsk JSC

19.08.2025
Kateryna Zavarzina tests a new charger

Nashe Zhyttia newspaper from front-line town of Novomykolayivka, Zaporizhzhia Region, receives a charging station as part of NUJU’s project

18.08.2025
534405599 24471614079163459 3887522136164101975 n

“You are doing very important things!” – Vladyslav Yesypenko visits NUJU’s office

18.08.2025
PHOTO: Ruth Kronenburg at NUJU. Photo by NUJU

“To tell the truth, even when it hurts.” How Ruth Kronenburg’s visit strengthened Ukrainian journalists

15.08.2025
img 8391 768x512 1

Seek and you shall find – journalist Iryna Salii on working with court registers

13.08.2025
image 13 768x512 1

Under Potential Drone Attack: Mezhivskyi Merydian Newsroom One Step Away from Evacuation

12.08.2025

National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), according to its Statute, it is a national all-Ukrainian organization a creative union uniting journalists and other media workers.

Contacts

E-mail: [email protected]

© 2023 NUJU - National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

  • Home
  • News
  • Stories
  • Affected Media
  • Our Partners
  • About NUJU
  • Contacts
No Result
View All Result

© 2023 - 2025 NUJU - National Union of Journalist of Ukraine

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In