Reshat Ametov is a 39-year-old resident of Simferopol, a builder, a driver, a loving family man who adheres to the traditions of the Crimean Tatar people. In December 2013, a daughter was born - the third child in the Ametov family. The smiling father in the photo often poses with his children.

Even before the occupation, Reshat showed interest in socio-political life and studied the laws on his own. Nothing is known about his membership in public organizations or political parties. At the same time, he is fascinated by the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent struggle, sometimes goes to solitary protests, organizes hunger strikes, and fights with local authorities for the arrangement of public space. From the posts of his personal Facebook page, which he writes mostly in Russian, it is clear that Reshat Ametov cares about human rights. He does not accept bureaucratic and police arbitrariness. Concerned about the fate of the Crimean Tatar people, as well as the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation. Categorically condemns Russia's imperialist claims, but does not show aggression.

The activist decides to express his disagreement with the Russian occupation in public - in a single picket on the square in front of the building of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (RM ARC) in Simferopol. This intention is announced in advance (February 28, 2014) on Facebook.

He made a stand against bureaucracy and police brutality. He was concerned about the fate of the Crimean Tatar people as well as the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation. He strongly condemned Russian imperialist ambitions but showed no aggressive attitude.

The activist decided to express his disagreement with the Russian occupation publicly – in the form of a single picket on the square in front of the building of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) in Simferopol. He announced this intention in advance (02/28/2014) on Facebook.

The Ukrainian side received no access to the crime scene. The occupation authorities opened criminal proceedings on the fact of abduction and premeditated murder, but the case has not been solved. The investigation was going on in fits and starts. Investigators were frequently changed, all of them from the Russian regions rather than Crimeans. The suspects caught on the video of the abduction were interviewed as witnesses, and were subsequently released. In 2015, the investigation was suspended due to the fact that the individual whom the police suspected of the crime was allegedly no longer in Crimea.

In 2015, the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union filed a motion to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of the family of Reshat Ametov.

According to the pre-trial investigation carried out by the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, the silent activist was taken from the central square to the headquarters of the illegitimate armed group known as "self-defense of Crimea" in Simferopol. Reshat Ametov's mobile phone was last detected in the same headquarters. This is where he was probably detained unlawfully and tortured.

Under the procedural management of the Prosecutor's Office of the ARC a pre-trial investigation is underway on the offenses under Clause 3 Part 2 Article 115, Part 3 Article 146, Part 2 Article 260 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian law enforcement officers received evidence that the abduction was carried out by two members of the illegitimate self-defense of Crimea group. This operation was led by a former serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The latter left the territory of the ARC, sided with the terrorist organization Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), took part in hostilities, and in April 2014 committed a similar crime related to the organization of abduction of three officers of the Alpha special force of the Security Service of Ukraine.

So, according to the preliminary results of the pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the fact of the abduction and premeditated murder of Reshat Ametov, these three individuals were indicted under Part 2 Article 260 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation) and Part 3 Article 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal confinement of a person, by an organized group, causing grave consequences).