cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11590393
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Tofik Abdulgaziev [a Crimean Tartar and Ukrainian political prisoner] who is suffering from a malignant brain tumour and should have been released on medical grounds back in January 2026, has been placed in ‘a punishment cell’ with even harsher conditions for the next ten days.
Such barbaric treatment of a man whose brain tumour was diagnosed as malignant ten months ago defies belief, yet Tofik’s wife, Aliye was informed of it by the lawyer representing her husband who had tried to visit him in the prison hospital. It is not clear what pretext, if any, was cited, with Aliye stating that she cared more about her husband’s state of health. The lawyer had, at her request, gone to Prison tuberculosis hospital No, 3 in Chelyabinsk to speak with the chief medical officer, Olga Anvarovna Angold.
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Aliye also reported that the court hearing, scheduled for 22 September, into the application made for Tofik Abdulgaziev’s release had again been postponed for a month. Although with any cancer diagnosis, and especially one concerning a person with a malignant brain tumour, time is critical, the postponements came as no surprise. The same court has been using such delaying tactics since January this year, with the hearings typically postponed for an entire month. The only deviation from this was in August 2026 when the hearing was postponed for two months because the ‘judge’ was going on holiday.
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udging by the symptoms he describes, it seems likely that Tofik Abdulgaziev suffered a micro-stroke on 3 September, with the right side of his body numb, a lack of control over his arm and leg, and half of his face and his speech - distorted. This is in addition, or directly linked to numerous other very serious conditions. While it is the malignant brain tumour that is causing the most acute pain, and should have led to his release at the beginning of this year, there are many others. He contracted tuberculosis in the appalling conditions of Russian detention; and became critically ill in 2024. He suffers from extremely high blood sugar; lung; heart and cardio-vascular issues, and more.
The sentence on 3 September was passed by ‘judge’ Alyona Zakorchemnaya who first established that Abdulgaziev has finally received a pension due to the grave medical conditions that first emerged after his imprisonment, including lung and heart problems, as well as the malignant tumour. The massive 100 thousand rouble fine means that all of the sickness pension that he should have received will be taken away to pay a fine for non-existent ‘contempt of court’.
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