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Reşat Amet
Reşat Medatovych Ametov
Reshat Ametov
Решат Медатович Аметов
Born(1975-01-24)January 24, 1975
DisappearedMarch 3, 2014 (aged 39)
Lenin Square, Simferopol, Crimea
DiedMarch 15, 2014(2014-03-15) (aged 39)
Body discoveredZemlyanychne, Bilohirsk district, Crimea, Ukraine
Resting placeSimferopol Abdalı Muslim Cemetery
NationalityCrimean Tatar
Known forCrimean Tatar hero
SpouseZarina Amet (Ametova)
ChildrenAli (son)
Hatiğe (daughter)
Húsniye (daughter)
RelativesRefat Amet (Ametov) (elder brother)

Reşat Amet (largely known by his official Russified name: Reşat Medatovych Ametov, also transliterated in Russian as: Решат Медатович Аметов , also anglicized as: Reshat Ametov) (24 January 1975 – 15 March 2014) was a Crimean Tatar activist for ethnic Tatar causes and a Crimean Tatar hero.[1][2][3]

Biography

On 3 March 2014 Reşat initiated a solitary and peaceful protest against the occupation of Crimea by the Russian troops. During his protest in front of the Crimean Council of Ministers building in Simferopol's Lenin Square, he was abducted by three unidentified men in military uniform from the "Crimean self-defense" detachments who took him away.[1]

On 15 March 2014 Reşat's body was found by police in a forest near the village of Zemlyanychne in Bilohirsk district about 60 kilometers east of the Crimean capital. The body was bearing marks of violence and torture, with his head bound with duct-tape and his legs shackled. A pair of handcuffs was laying near his body.[1] According to his brother Refat Amet (Ametov), the cause of death was a stab wound resulting from a knife or a similar pointed object penetrating the eye.[4] Reşat's murder remains unsolved.[2][5]

Reşat was buried on 18 March 2014 at the Abdalı Muslim Cemetery of Simferopol. He left behind his young wife, Zarina, and three orphaned children. [6]

See also

Citations

  1. ^ a b c RFE/RL 2014.
  2. ^ a b WSJ 2014.
  3. ^ NPR 2014.
  4. ^ 15min.org 2014.
  5. ^ Al Jazeera 2014.
  6. ^ Aqiqat 2014.

Sources

  • Najibullah, Farangis (18 March 2014). "Crimean Tatar Community Mourns Death Of Tortured Local Activist". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe; Radio Liberty. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  • Shishkin, Philip (18 March 2014). "Killing of Crimean Tatar Activist Raises Fears in Community". http://online.wsj.com/. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 September 2014. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  • Scott, Simon (22 March 2014). "A Tatar's Death Chills Those Who Suffered Under Russia Before". npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  • Coynash, Halya (20 August 2014). "Putin's Soviet 'therapy' for Crimea". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  • Editorial, 15min.org (8 April 2014). "Reshat Ametov's cause of death became known" (in Russian). 15min.org. 15min.org. Retrieved 18 September 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Çauş, Mustafa (15 July 2014). "Zarina Ametova: All that I want is my husband's killers to be found" (in Crimean Tatar). ktat.krymr.com. Qırım.Aqiqat. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
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