{"id":83637,"date":"2025-12-12T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/press-center\/oblychchia-sprotyvu-istoriia-krymskotatarskoho-aktyvista-zekir-iaieva-servera\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:54:18","slug":"oblychchia-sprotyvu-istoriia-krymskotatarskoho-aktyvista-zekir-iaieva-servera","status":"publish","type":"press-center","link":"https:\/\/ppu.gov.ua\/en\/press-center\/oblychchia-sprotyvu-istoriia-krymskotatarskoho-aktyvista-zekir-iaieva-servera\/","title":{"rendered":"The Face of Resistance: The Story of Crimean Tatar Activist Emil Dzhemadenov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Life Before The Detention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zekiryayev Server Zekiyevych was born on 1 April 1973 in Angren, Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completing 9th grade, he enrolled in a technical college, where he obtained a qualification to teach physical education. In 1989, upon graduating from the college, the Zekiryayev family returned to Bakhchysarai.

At the age of 18, Server began teaching physical education at a school in Bakhchysarai and, for some time, also worked as a baker at a bread factory. In parallel, he was engaged in cultivating vegetables and growing seedlings. Later, his family started cultivating flowers and established a flower business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Persecution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 11 October 2017, security officers conducted raids on Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai. Afterward, they detained six men: Server Zekiryayev, Timur Ibragimov, Marlen (Suleyman) Asanov, Memet Belyalov, Seyran Saliev, and Ernes Ametov. They were accused in the so-called case of the Crimean Muslims.

Later, Server Zekiryayev was transferred to Rostov-on-Don, and in 2020 he was sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment. In September 2022, Server reported that he had been transferred from Rostov-on-Don to the Tula region of Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zekiryayev family has 13 children. Following Server\u2019s detention, the family\u2019s bank account, from which they received social assistance as a large family, was frozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind The Bars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, Server Zekiryayev testified in court, where he stated his innocence and that the case had been falsified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Our struggle has always been peaceful and has never had a violent nature. We are a people who have endured so many trials and we know that we must confront you, tyrants, in the political arena. Yet you accuse us of \u2018terrorism\u2019 and \u2018seizing power.\u2019 The Russian Federation has created conditions that force people to leave their homes \u2014 another \u2018deportation.\u2019”

In 2023, Server Zekiryayev was placed in a punitive isolation cell without any explanation. His cell was subjected to regular searches, his letters to his family were withheld, and his relatives were denied visits.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Server was refused a transfer to a correctional facility closer to home.
During his detention, Server Zekiryayev\u2019s health deteriorated. In 2024, Server\u2019s wife described his condition as “severe poisoning and exhaustion,” accompanied by episodes of vomiting and intense stomach pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Server also reported being subjected to ill-treatment in the correctional colony. 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