“Crimean Tatar human rights activist Emir-Usin Cook, convicted in Russia under 12 years in prison, has serious health problems, including neoplasms in the knee, which complicates its movement”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The Crimean Tartar found the neoplasm a few years ago, even before the colony-in the detention center-4 Rostov-on-Don. Then he was made an ultrasound, which was suggested that it was a Baker’s cyst (a hernia in the knee area, also known as a popliteal or knee cyst).
Since then, the neoplasm has increased and continues to ache, notes “Crimean solidarity”. No more examinations were done by the human rights activist, the treatment was not started, Merry Cook emphasized.
“Due to the neoplasm in the depression of the knee, Emir-Usin can sometimes stand up … There was nowhere else and has never had examinations, and treatment too. The antibiotic tablet can hardly be called treatment, ”she said.
In addition to the pain associated with the neoplasm, the Crimean has other health problems. He has greatly deteriorated vision, sore heart, kidneys and across. In addition, the human rights activist recently moved to angina. Due to this disease, he could not speak, he had a strong cough and fever.
On February 11, 2016, the house of the Kuk family broke into the Security Structures and conducted a search for the second time, after which the human rights activist was detained on charges of involvement in the activities of the Islamic Political Party “Hizb Ut-Tahrir”. The organization has been banned in Russia since 2003, but has been opened in Ukraine and other countries of the world. It aims to unite all Muslims in a single state (caliphai), seeking to achieve it in a peaceful way.
On November 12, 2019, in Russian Rostov-on-Don, the Crimean Tatar human rights activist was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The court session lasted 14 minutes. On June 25, 2020, the military court of Appeal of Vlasii left the sentence in force. After the verdict of Emir-Usin Cook, he was stage to colony # 16 in the Republic of Bashkortostan.
The International Human Rights Organization Amnesty International considers Kuka a prisoner of conscience. The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Emir-Usin Cook a political prisoner. In December 2020, it was nominated for the Ukrainian State Scholarship named after Levko Lukyanenko.