Reşat Amet

Reşat Amet (Crimean Tatar: Reşat Medatoğlu Ametov, Russian: Решат Медатович Аметов, Ukrainian: Решат Мідатович Аметов; 24 January 1975 – 15 March 2014) was a Crimean Tatar activist posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine (2017).^[1][2][3][4]

Reşat Amet
Reşat Medatoğlu Ametov Решат Медатович Аметов Решат Мідатович Аметов
Born	(1975-01-24)24 January 1975 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Disappeared	3 March 2014 (aged 39) Lenin Square, Simferopol, Crimea
Status	Found dead 15 March 2014(2014-03-15) (aged 39)
Body discovered	Zemlyanychne, Bilohirsk Raion, Crimea, Ukraine
Resting place	Simferopol Abdalı Muslim Cemetery
Nationality	Crimean Tatar
Spouse	Zarina Amet (Ametova)
Children	3

Abduction and death

On 3 March 2014, Reşat initiated a solitary and peaceful protest against the occupation of Crimea by Russian troops. During his protest in front of the Crimean Council of Ministers building in Simferopol's Lenin Square, he was abducted by three unidentified men in military uniform from the "Crimean self-defense" detachments who took him away.^[1]

On 15 March 2014, Reşat's body was found by the police in a forest near the village of Zemlianychne in Bilohirsk Raion about 60 kilometres east of the Crimean capital. The body bore marks of violence and torture, with the head bound with duct-tape and the legs shackled. A pair of handcuffs was lying near the body.^[1] According to Resat's brother, Refat Amet (Ametov), the cause of death was a stab wound resulting from a knife or a similar pointed object penetrating the eye.^[5] Reşat's murder remains unsolved.^[2][6]

Reşat was buried on 18 March 2014 at the Abdalı Muslim Cemetery of Simferopol. He left behind his young wife, Zarina, and three children.^[7]

See also

• List of kidnappings
• List of solved missing person cases
• List of unsolved murders

Citations

1. Najibullah, Farangis (18 March 2014). "Crimean Tatar Community Mourns Death Of Tortured Local Activist". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe; Radio Liberty. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
2. Shishkin, Philip (18 March 2014). "Killing of Crimean Tatar Activist Raises Fears in Community". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
3. Scott, Simon (22 March 2014). "A Tatar's Death Chills Those Who Suffered Under Russia Before". npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
4. "Про присвоєння Р. Аметову звання Герой України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
5. Editorial, 15min.org (8 April 2014). "Reshat Ametov's cause of death became known" (in Russian). 15min.org. 15min.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. Coynash, Halya (20 August 2014). "Putin's Soviet 'therapy' for Crimea". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
7. Çauş, Mustafa (15 July 2014). "Zarina Ametova: All that I want is my husband's killers to be found" (in Crimean Tatar). ktat.krymr.com. Qırım.Aqiqat. Retrieved 18 September 2014.