human rights defender

Tofik Abdulgaziev

Actions and Campaigns

Urgent support needed

Medical care

Diagnosed with severe tuberculosis, heart and kidney disease.

Organization affiliation

  • Crimean Solidarity

HRD's year of birth

1981

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Social and community leader

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Indigenous peoples’ rights

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

Tofik Abdulgaziev is a human rights activist from Crimea.

A Crimean Solidarity activist, sound operator of Crimean Solidarity meetings and the Crimean Childhood project, he helped to organize events for children of political prisoners and engaged in handovers to political prisoners. He has four children.

Detained since

Mar 27, 2019

Charge(s)

  • Subversion
  • Terrorism

Sentence

12 years

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Europe: Eastern Europe

Location of detention - City/Town

Chelyabinsk

Location of detention - Facility

FKLPU STB-3 of GUFSIN of Russia for Chelyabinsk region 7a, Montazhazhnikov St., Chelyabinsk, 454038, Russia