The Crimean Tatar has spent 210 days in remand centre in the Russia-annexed Crimea so far

Ukrainian political prisoner Edem Bekirov Facebook Anton Naumlyuk

Edem Bekirov, the gravely ill political prisoner in Crimea suffers from pneumonic fever - another disease in his already tough condition. His wife Gulnara Bekirova said so as quoted by Ukrinform news agency.

"We found out that, apart from the rest of issues, he has a pneumonic fever, and he takes antibiotics today", she said.