46-year-old Amir Gilyazov has suffered from a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy since childhood, and by now cannot get from his bed to the wheelchair or eat without assistance. This did not stop the FSB from bursting into his home on October 23 and arresting him on charges almost certainly linked solely with a video about the release of a political prisoner posted seven days ago on YouTube. Although Gilyazov’s condition is on the list of illnesses that preclude detention, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court has just upheld the original court’s decision to hold him in detention until (at least) December 25. His wife, Aigul is understandably fearful that her husband will simply not survive this effective torture.
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A man holds a one-person protest in Crimea on Oct. 14, holding a banner that reads "Crimean Tatars aren't terrorists" in Crimean Tatar language. Some 100 Crimean Tatars held one-person protests against the Russiaan authorities' oppressions in Crimea on Oct. 14.
