Server Mustafayev

Server Rustemovych Mustafayev (Ukrainian: Сервер Рустемович Мустафаєв, born 5 May 1986 in Ziadin, Uzbekistan) is a Crimean Tatar human rights defender and coordinator of the civil rights organization Crimean Solidarity.

Mustafayev was born on May 5, 1986 in Ziadin. His family returned to Crimea where he lived in Bakhchysarai. In 2014 Mustafayev began to actively help families of political prisoners and became one of the coordinators of the civil rights organization Crimean Solidarity, whose activities are aimed at providing legal assistance to the families of political prisoners of Crimea.

On May 21, 2018, officers of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation conducted a search of a server at Server Mustafayev in Bakhchisarai and took him to Simferopol.

He was charged with Part 2 of Art. 205.5 (“Participation in the activity of a terrorist organization”, up to 20 years in prison), part 1 of Art. 30 and Art. 278 of the Criminal Code ("Preparation for violent seizure of power", up to 10 years in prison).

Mustafayev's lawyer said that the only evidence against him was an audio recording with several short replies, including a question posed by Server Mustafayev during a meeting in a mosque on December 2, 2016. Mustafayev wanted to know if a person could be liked "in general", but at the same time arouse hatred for a certain act and developed an idea. This meeting was announced in advance. Despite this investigation, it was concluded that Mustafayev participated in a secret meeting of the Islamist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir."

In March 2020, the Ukrainian government made a statement protesting his treatment, saying he was showing symptoms of Covid-19 but being denied proper treatment.

The Russian civil rights society Memorial has included Server Mustafayev in the "Support program for political prisoners".

Amnesty International and the international organization Front Line Defenders demand Mustafayev's immediate release.