Occupiers issued a warning to a human rights advocate and attempted to hold a "preventive discussion" with two activists from the Dzhankoy district.

The occupying police of Crimea issued a warning about the “unacceptability of committing offenses” to Crimean Tatar human rights defender Aider Suleimanov, and also attempted to hold similar discussions with activists Nadir Aliyev and Delyaver Ablaev.

This was reported by “Crimean Solidarity”.

Suleimanov explained that a local police officer came to his village of Perepelkino in the Dzhankoy district to “warn him against committing administrative offenses.” The police officer clarified that his visit was related to the human rights defender's participation in mass single pickets in the occupied peninsula in 2017.

Suleimanov was asked to sign a protocol, but he refused as he does not consider his actions unlawful.

“I participated in the picket because I disagree with the accusations against my compatriots of serious terrorist crimes,” emphasized the Crimean Tatar.

The police officer also attempted to conduct a preventive conversation with Aliyev, who lives next door to Suleimanov, but he was not at home.

A police officer also visited Ablaev from the village of Novostepnoe in the Dzhankoy district, but due to the aftermath of a recent stroke, the man was unable to communicate with him.

“Crimean Solidarity” reminded that such warnings are a common practice for the occupiers in Crimea. Previously, many Crimean Tatars – activists, members of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, human rights defenders, and citizen journalists – have already received them. The occupying police refer to this as a “preventive measure” of a non-procedural nature, while human rights defenders consider it one of the methods of psychological pressure on dissenters.

Earlier, ZMINA reported that a similar warning was given to Crimean journalist and human rights defender Lutfiya Zudieva. The document was written in a general form and lacked any identifying information.