Timur Tumgoev complained about the lack of medical care in the colony

The administration of a prison colony in the Vologda region does not allow Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, convicted in a case of participation in military operations in Syria, to call a lawyer and does not provide medical assistance, the prisoner's sister said. She came to visit her brother, but she was not allowed to meet.

"Caucasian Knot" wrote that on June 26, 2019, the court sentenced Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, to 18 years in a maximum security prison colony, recognizing him as a member of a militant group in Syria. According to investigators, in 2014, Tumgoev left for Georgia, then for Turkey, and from there to Syria, where he joined the militants. In 2016, Timur Tumgoev was detained in Ukraine, and in 2018 he was extradited to Russia at the request of the FSB. Tumgoev himself only acknowledged the fact of his stay in Turkey. In his final statement, he called the charges unfair, but expressed his readiness to go to prison "by the will of Allah."

Marina Tumgoeva, the sister of Timur Tumgoev, who was convicted of participating in military operations in Syria, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that she was not allowed to visit her brother. "He is currently being held in Vologda Correctional Colony No. 5, which is also called the "Vologda Pyatak." I signed up for a visit in advance through "Gosuslugi," but when I arrived, I was still not allowed in, despite the fact that I arrived early - at 7.30. Only a lawyer with a warrant was allowed inside," Tumgoeva noted.

She emphasized that, according to her information, the prison administration is putting pressure on her brother. "On June 5, he was sentenced to four months in a single cell-type facility (SCC), but he spent only seven days, and from there he was transferred to a punishment cell - it is damp, dirty, unsanitary, hot - and he sits in a winter jacket. In protest, my brother has been on a hunger strike since July 9, swallowed several metal objects - a blade, a needle, bolts. But no one is providing him with medical care, which, in my opinion, is similar to torture," Tumgoeva noted. She reported that her brother had harmed himself, but this did not help to obtain medical care. According to her, she intends to write complaints to all authorities about violations in the pre-trial detention center and the harassment of T. Tumgoev.

In a letter from Timur Tumgoev to the prosecutor overseeing the legality of penal colonies (a copy of the letter is at the disposal of the "Caucasian Knot"), in addition to a complaint about being placed in a cell "unfit for habitation", failure to provide medical care and not allowing his sister to visit, it is said that he is not allowed to call a lawyer for advice on protecting his rights, his letters sent from the colony are being delayed. He also noted that the prosecutor's office representative he contacted "ignored the complaints and carried out the inspection formally."

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