Eldar Kestan
Eldar Kestan, born 1980, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Eldar Kestan's case of participation in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion”. Sentence (November 27, 2023): 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 3, 2023. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 18, 2024.
In brief
Sentence
3 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in 2015 he joined the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan.
Latest event
December 18, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 18, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
Eldar Kestan's case of participation in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Eldar Kestan's case of participation in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion
Thematic group: The case of the three of involvement in the activities of the Noman Chelebijihan Battalion
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Full summary
A resident of Genicheskiy district, Kherson region of Ukraine. On 3 August 2023, he was detained and later taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation. According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion. Human rights activists believe that this formation was no longer functioning when, according to the investaigation, Kestan joined it. On 28 November 2023, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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