Nariman Djelyal is one of the prisoners released during the exchange that took place between kyiv and Moscow this summer. The Tatar journalist and political activist, who has also been one of the faces of the resistance to the Russian occupation in Crimea since 2014, spoke to FranceInfo from the Ukrainian capital, where he has now taken refuge . In front of our colleagues, he mentions in particular his arrest, on September 4, 2021, at his home. “I suspected they would end up arresting me one day.”he remembers. The ex-detainee then recalls an interrogation that took place in painful conditions. With a bag on his head, Djelyal is ordered to defend himself without a lawyer, even though he had requested the presence of one. The reasons for his arrest are also unclear. At first, he was accused of having taken a position against the occupation of Crimea, a version modified when he was later “sent to court for act of sabotage on a gas pipeline and sentenced to 17 years in prison“, as FranceInfo points out.
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