Esma Nimetulayeva

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Esma Nimetulayeva is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea raided Nimetulayeva's home at 4 am, searched for prohibited religious literature, and arrested her. Authorities accused her of being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a religious organization banned in Russia but not Ukraine, and confined her in a pre-trial detention facility.