Lawyer for Ukrainian political prisoners held in Crimea

In temporarily occupied Crimea, lawyer Alexey Ladin, who defends Ukrainian prisoners and political prisoners, was detained. It was reported on October 13 Thank you on Facebook with a link to the lawyer’s Crimean colleagues.

It is noted that the lawyer returned from Rostov-on-Don, where he took part in court hearings in the cases of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were tried in the Southern District Military Court. He said he will arrive in Simferopol in the morning. There Ladin will take part in a meeting to continue preventive measures against a Yalta resident accused of possessing explosives. The lawyer was detained upon arrival in Simferopol, then a search was conducted at his house in Sevastopol.

According to lawyer Lily Gemedzhi, it was initially known that Ladin was accused of “discrediting the Russian army” through a post on Facebook, but there were no details yet.

“After the search, he was brought to them, now his colleagues are trying to find him,” he said.

Ladin took part in several trials of Crimean Tatars accused of involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, as well as in cases of pro-Ukrainian activists in Crimea. After the mass invasion began, he defended Ukrainian prisoners of war and abducted civilians who were charged with criminal charges by Russian authorities. Currently, Ladin is defending Rostov-on-Don Melitopol activist Yaroslav Zhuk, who is accused of a terrorist attack.

Let’s recall that earlier in Crimea, a Russian-controlled court passed a sentence of seven years in prison in the case of Crimean Tatar Appaz Kurtamet for allegedly transferring funds to a member of a volunteer battalion Crimea.