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Letter of Azat Miftakhov on his 32nd birthday
Today, Friday, March 21, Azat turns 32. This is his sixth birthday in prison. To mark this occasion, Azat has written a public message to all those who support him. This is the first time he has written a public message.
The AMS Committee on the Human Rights of Mathematicians send a new letter to the U.S. State Department urging that Azat Miftakhov be included in any future prisoner swaps with Russia
As we reported earlier, on August 1, 2024 a large scale prisoner swap between Russia and the western countries took place in Turkey, resulting in the release of a substantial number of Russian political prisoners. Unfortunately, Azat Miftakhov was not a part of that swap, and he remains imprisoned in Russia, after his March 2024…
Azat Miftakhov Excluded from August 1 Prisoner Swap
According to media reports, a major prisoner exchange between Russia and some Western countries occurred in Turkey on Thursday, August 1, 2024. As part of this exchange, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and several Russian opposition politicians, including Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza, who had been imprisoned in Russia, were released. We welcome the…
The case of Azat Miftakhov 