Political prisoner Crimean Tatar Edem Bekirov, who was detained in the occupied Crimea is in the prison hospital now. Emil Kurbedinov, the lawyer reported that on Facebook.

“I have visited Edem Bekirov in the Simferopol prison today! Now he is transferred to the medical unit of the prison. Many think that this is a hospital. No. Just the cell, but a little bigger [than the ordinary one]... you can see medical workers more often and the food is a little better”, - the lawyer said.

According to Kurbedinov, Bekirov does not get all the necessary monthly medical procedures, which he needs for his heart disease. Besides, he still needs the medicine.

“He needs medical support under the supervision of doctors. They did not give him the results of the ultrasound and other medical papers that were made after the arrest. And those medical certificates that he received in the prison do not contain the objective results or the real diagnosis! Every day causes irreparable harm to his health, which is a risk for his life!” – the lawyer added.

Earlier, As we reported earlier, the Russian law enforcers detained Crimean Tatar Edem Bekirov at the entrance to the occupied Crimea from Chongar, as the Chairman of Mejlis of Crimean Tatars Refat Chubarov wrote on Facebook.

“On December 12, 2018, Ukrainian citizen, Crimean Tatar Edem Bekirov was detained on the entrance to the occupied Crimea. He was born in 1961; he lives in Novooleksiivka, Kherson region. It is known that Edem was heading to Crimea to visit his 78-year-old mother and relatives,” the message says.

According to Chubarov, Bekirov was arrested during passport control on the territory controlled by the Russian law enforcers. Later, Chubarov noted that the detainee was taken to Russia’s Security Service office in the annexed Simferopol.