Despite a recent micro stroke and the real likelihood that Servet Gaziev will not live to the end of his internationally condemned trial, Russia is refusing to release the 61-year-old Crimean Tatar political prisoner. He was, instead, placed at the beginning of September in the neuropsychological unit of a Penitentiary Service hospital for tuberculosis patients, in a cell together with men with mental disorders. It was staff of this institution who took part in beating Gaziev and forcibly cutting off his beard.
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Halya Coynash: Gravely ill Crimean Tatar beaten by staff in Russian prison hospital
This undated photo shows 61-year-old Servet Gaziev in Crimean court.
