Reşat Amet

{{Infobox person

| name = Reşat Amet

| image = Reşat Ametov.jpg

| native_name = Reşat Medatoğlu Ametov
Решат Медатович Аметов
Решат Мідатович Аметов

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1975|01|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| disappeared_date = {{disappeared date and age|2014|03|03|1975|01|24|df=y}}

| disappeared_place = Lenin Square, Simferopol, Crimea

| disappeared_status = Found dead
{{death date and age|2014|03|15|1975|01|24|df=y}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| body_discovered = {{ill|Zemlyanychne|ru|Земляничное (Крым)}}, Bilohirsk Raion, Crimea, Ukraine

| resting_place = Simferopol Abdalı Muslim Cemetery

| nationality = Crimean Tatar

| spouse = Zarina Amet (Ametova)

| children = 3

}}

Reşat Amet ({{langx|crh|Reşat Medatoğlu Ametov}}, {{langx|ru|Решат Медатович Аметов}}, {{langx|uk|Решат Мідатович Аметов}}; 24 January 1975 – 15 March 2014) was a Crimean Tatar activist posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine (2017).{{Cite web |title=Про присвоєння Р. Аметову звання Герой України |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/134/2017 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}

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.

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. 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. Reşat's murder remains unsolved.

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

Citations

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{{cite news|last1=Najibullah|first1=Farangis|title=Crimean Tatar Community Mourns Death Of Tortured Local Activist|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/crimea-tatar-killing-ukraine-russia-annexation-minority/25301602.html|access-date=18 September 2014|agency=Radio Free Europe; Radio Liberty|publisher=rferl.org|date=18 March 2014}}

{{cite news|last1=Shishkin|first1=Philip|title=Killing of Crimean Tatar Activist Raises Fears in Community|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/killing-of-crimean-tatar-activist-raises-fears-in-community-1395179405 |access-date=18 September 2014|agency=The Wall Street Journal|date=18 March 2014}}

{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Simon|title=A Tatar's Death Chills Those Who Suffered Under Russia Before|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/03/22/292401424/a-tatars-death-chills-those-who-suffered-under-russia-before|access-date=18 September 2014|agency=National Public Radio|publisher=npr.org|date=22 March 2014}}

{{cite news|last1=Coynash|first1=Halya|title=Putin's Soviet 'therapy' for Crimea|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/08/putin-soviet-therapy-crimea-20148207417556993.html|access-date=18 September 2014|agency=Al Jazeera|publisher=aljazeera.com|date=20 August 2014}}

{{cite news|last1=Editorial|first1=15min.org|title=Reshat Ametov's cause of death became known|url=http://15minut.org/article/stala-izvestna-prichina-smerti-reshata-ametova-2014-04-08-12-34-23|access-date=18 September 2014|agency=15min.org|language=ru|publisher=15min.org|date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919215112/http://15minut.org/article/stala-izvestna-prichina-smerti-reshata-ametova-2014-04-08-12-34-23|archive-date=19 September 2014}}

{{cite news|last1=Çauş|first1=Mustafa|title=Zarina Ametova: All that I want is my husband's killers to be found|url=http://ktat.krymr.com/content/article/25457557.html|access-date=18 September 2014|language=crh|agency=Qırım.Aqiqat|publisher=ktat.krymr.com|date=15 July 2014|ref=Aqiqat}}

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Category:1975 births

Category:2010s missing person cases

Category:2014 murders in Ukraine

Category:2014 deaths

Category:Crimean Tatar activists

Category:Kidnapped people

Category:Missing person cases in Ukraine

Category:People from Simferopol

Category:People murdered in Ukraine

Category:People of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Category:Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine)