На даний момент, незважаючи на кропітку роботу незалежних правозахисників, журналістів та активістів на півострові, Росія має можливість оперувати альтернативними «свідченнями» їх провладних колег. Позбавити Росію цього маневру зможуть офіційні місії, які здійснюють всесторонній моніторинг ситуації безпосередньо на півострові. Іншим найважливішим напрямком є підтримка та захист не лише індивідуальних прав людини, а й колективних прав, передусім корінного народу Криму – кримських татар. З ухваленням закону про корінні народи України ситуація у цьому питанні нарешті зрушилася з мертвої точки, однак головні рішення звісно ще попереду. Судячи зі сплеску негативних емоцій у Кремлі, Україна надавила на одну з найбільш вразливих точок російської політики щодо Криму

Nariman Dzhelyal

They brought me into the room, placed me on a chair facing the back of the chair, tied the legs to the legs of the chair with tape, and also tied the hands to the back of the chair with tape. When they led me, these people constantly threatened me that they would plant me weapons and drugs, said that my wife was beautiful and hinted that they could harm her as well. After I was placed on a chair and tied, they hang bare wires over my ears, and then I received a severe electric shock. It lasted for about ten seconds. This happened about six or seven times. After that, the current discharges were produced little by little and at the same time they talked to me. When they turned on the current, I was constantly twitching. After that, I agreed with everything these people told me. And they told me that I blew up a gas pipeline in Perevalne, that my brother Aziz Akhtemov had already told everything, that they knew everything, how we did it, which car we used and other details. They threatened me that I would never leave this place again. After these threats and torture with electric current, I told them that I would agree with everything they told me

Asan Akhtemov about the abuse. «I will not run away, kill me here». A story about the torture of Crimean Tatar Asan Akhtemov, detained by the FSB on suspicion of sabotage. Graty. September 14, 2021.

My arrest was a matter of time, and I was not the only one who knew about it. After the Crimean Platform, literally before leaving for Crimea, friends once again asked me to think: wouldn’t it be better if I stayed in the free territory? But I always came back. I knew why and for what I was doing it. Now I have become an instrument of principled non-violent struggle for rights and freedom, for justice and truth. Like Akhtem Chiygoz, Oleg Sentsov, Volodymyr Balukh and dozens of political prisoners of the Kremlin

Nariman Dzhelyal

Dear warriors of Ukraine! Volunteer brothers and sisters! Dear Ukrainians! For a month now, you have been courageously defending our native land from the direct aggression of Russia. For a month now, a defiant enemy cannot break your will, your strength, and your determination. Ukrainians of different blood and faith united before the enemy invasion. I, like all Ukrainian patriots in the dungeons of the Kremlin, are proud of you, we pray for you, for our victory

Nariman Dzhelyal

Starting from the declaration of the independence of Ukraine, our state constantly fought for the preservation of national sovereignty. Moscow, a former imperial metropolis, did not recognize Ukraine's right to choose its own life path freely. The desire of our country to get rid of the negative Soviet past, to form its own political culture, to join the European area, to which it naturally belongs, faced both hidden opposition and open threats from the Kremlin. … We believe that Ukraine will stand its ground in this struggle, which will only strengthen its faith in itself and its own strength, in its unity and ability to defend itself

Quote from a joint letter of Nariman Dzhelal and the Akhtemov brothers

The demonstrative detention of Nariman Dzhelyal happened immediately after his participation in the Summit of the Crimean Platform in Kyiv. Of course, this is connected with Dzhelyal public and political activities: revealing the crimes of the occupiers, fighting for freedom of speech and human rights in Crimea. Thus, the occupiers try to discredit the Ukrainian population of the peninsula, presenting them as «criminals». However, neither Ukraine nor the civilized world has any doubts about who is the real criminal and who should bear due responsibility

Ihor Ponochovny, Head of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, for the Virtual Museum of Russian Aggression