Right now, in Simferopol’s Detention Centre No.1, a man is slowly dying.
Edem Bekirov, a Crimean Tatar, has a registered Category 1 disability: he has had one leg amputated, he is a diabetic and has four shunts in his heart.
Bekirov lived with his family in a small Ukrainian town close to the border with Russian-controlled Crimea, Novooleksiivka. Bekirov himself is a local civil activist, while his wife Gulnara is a member of the regional Crimean Tatar Mejlis council.
