Nariman Dzhelyal
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Nariman Dzhelyal Enverovych (born 27 April 1980) is the first deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, journalist and activist.
Arrested in September 2021, he was sentenced in September 2022 to 17 years in prison but liberated in June 2024 as part as a exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia.[1]
In December 2024, he became Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey.[1]
Early life and career
Dzhelyal was born on April 27, 1980, in Uzbekistan, in the city of Navoiy. When he was four years old, the family moved to Dzhankoy, Crimea. He studied political science at the Odesa National University.[2]
In November 2013, Dzhelal became one of the deputies of Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People.[2]
In August 2021, Nariman was a participant of the Crimea Platform international summit in Kyiv. He was detained after returning home in September.[3]
FSB kept Nariman in handcuffs with a bag over his head, exerted psychological pressure and treated him particularly cruelly. Later, FSB published a statement that Dzhelyal is suspected of being involved in the gas pipeline explosion on August 23, 2021, near Simferopol.[2]
On September 21, 2022, the Russian-controlled "Supreme Court of Crimea" found Dzhelyal guilty of sabotage and sentenced him to 17 years in prison with a fine of 700 thousand rubles.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b ""Tal como Trump, confiamos em Erdogan"" (in Portuguese). Expresso. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Nariman Dzhelyal Enverovych". Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Ukraine/Russia: Sentencing of indigenous rights defender Nariman Dzhelyal". World Organisation Against Torture. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the so-called "sentence" issued to Nariman Dzhelyal and brothers Asan and Aziz Akhtemov". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 January 2024.