Биография:
Citizen journalist of the Crimean Solidarity association, correspondent of Grani.ru media outlet, has been imprisoned for political reasons in the Russian Federation since March 2019. History teacher by profession.
Lived in Simferopol district of Crimea. After the annexation, he became a citizen journalist of the Crimean Solidarity, and later a correspondent of Grani.ru online media outlet. Covered violations of human rights in Crimea, livestreamed many hearings of trials of Vedzhie Kashka, February 26, Volodymyr Balukh, Crimean Muslims, for which he was detained in 2017 twice.
In March 2019, Russian security forces detained Bekirov in the town of Aksay (Rostov region, Russia), and searched his home. He was charged with organizing the activities of a terrorist organization. On March 10, 2022, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison. On 29 March 2023, the Court of Appeal upheld Remzi Bekirov’s sentence. In July, he was transferred to a prison in the city of Yeniseisk in the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the Russian Federation.
