{"id":62477,"date":"2024-10-07T16:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/press-center\/krymskotatarskoho-aktyvista-ta-pravozakhysnyka-rizu-izetova-etapuvaly-v-koloniiu-za-dev-iat-tysiach-kilometriv-vid-krymu\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:18:59","slug":"krymskotatarskoho-aktyvista-ta-pravozakhysnyka-rizu-izetova-etapuvaly-v-koloniiu-za-dev-iat-tysiach-kilometriv-vid-krymu","status":"publish","type":"press-center","link":"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/en\/press-center\/krymskotatarskoho-aktyvista-ta-pravozakhysnyka-rizu-izetova-etapuvaly-v-koloniiu-za-dev-iat-tysiach-kilometriv-vid-krymu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crimean Tatar Activist and Human Rights Defender Riza Izetov Was Transferred to a Colony Nine Thousand Kilometers Away from Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian occupiers have transferred Crimean Tatar activist and human rights defender Riza Izetov, who was unlawfully sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment, to the Penal Colony No. 1 in the Republic of Sakha, Russia, 9,000 kilometers from Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riza Izetov was arrested in 2019 along with the so-called &#8220;second Simferopol group.&#8221; The political persecution of the activist for his human rights work began even earlier: he was detained three times in 2015 and throughout 2017, and his home was searched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 10, 2022, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Riza Izetov to 19 years in prison, with the first five years to be served in the most severe prison regime. 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