Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Date of Detainment: October//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Nasiba Saidova is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea raided Saidova's home before dawn, 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.