A/HRC/43/CRP.5 99. The detainees complained of limited access to medical care. Due to the lack of medication in the Simferopol SIZO, Mr. Bekirov (who has a first-degree disability) was forced to rely solely on medication sent by relatives. Because of significant delays in delivery, caused by the SIZO requirements to provide Russian quality certificates for each medicine produced in mainland Ukraine, the victim was forced to ration his prescription. In June 2019, he was forcefully administered with insulin96, after which he had an allergic reaction and reported developing insulin dependency.97 The conditions of his detention amounted to cruel and degrading treatment. Arrest and detention of Oleh Sentsov by the Russian Federation Oleh Sentsov, a filmmaker and a resident of Crimea with pro-Ukrainian views, was apprehended by the Russian FSB in Simferopol on 10 May 2014. The FSB officers physically attacked him near his home, beat him, and drove him from the scene without offering any explanation for his arrest. The perpetrators did not disclose to Mr. Sentsov where they were taking him or identify themselves as law enforcement officers. Upon arrival at the FSB building, the victim was tortured for about three hours while being pressured to incriminate himself and others in the coordination of alleged terrorist acts in Crimea. The FSB beat Mr. Sentsov with their fists and a wooden bat, and suffocated him with a plastic bag until he fainted. He was also subjected to sexual violence; FSB officers stripped him and threatened to rape him with a bat. Mr. Sentsov was held in the FSB office overnight in unofficial detention and was only formally arrested the following day. Mr. Sentsov was deported to the Russian Federation about a week later. Although he reported the torture both before and during trial, no charges have been brought against any individual involved. A Russian military court convicted Mr. Sentsov and sentenced him to 20 years of incarceration in a high-security prison. From autumn 2017 until his release in September 2019, he was held in the “White Bear” penal colony in Russia’s far north, thousands of kilometres away from Crimea. Mr. Sentsov reported numerous attempts by the FSB and penitentiary workers to compel him to accept Russian Federation citizenship. Requests from the Ukrainian consul and the Ukrainian ombudsperson to visit Mr. Sentsov were regularly refused by the authorities, on the grounds that Mr. Sentsov was a Russian Federation citizen. Mr. Sentsov was released on 7 September 2019 as part of a simultaneous release of prisoners between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, after being pardoned by the President of the Russian Federation. 96 97 The victim informed OHCHR that his diabetes was always treated with medication and proper diet, never with insulin. As a result of inadequate medical care in detention, his medical condition significantly deteriorated and he was taken to hospital and administered insulin without his consent. HRMMU interview, 4 November 2019. 29