At least 56 Crimeans are being held incommunicado by Russian authorities at Detention Center No. 2 in Simferopol, temporarily occupied Crimea. Twenty separate cells have been set up there to completely isolate detainees from the outside world.
That is according to Eskender Bariiev, head of the board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Ukrinform reports.
"Just a week ago, we received information that there are 20 separate cells on the third floor of Detention Center No. 2 where political prisoners held incommunicado are being kept. We also received information about how many people are being held in each cell – three in some, four in others and two in others. According to our estimates, about 56 people are being held incommunicado," he said.
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Incommunicado detention is a state of complete isolation of a detained person from the outside world, in which their whereabouts are concealed, they are denied contact with relatives and a lawyer, and the state or authorized bodies deny that the person is being held at all.
