Searches were carried out in the homes of Muslims in Crimea

In Crimea, on January 29, 2016, police officers searched several houses of Muslims (in particular, the house of businessman Idris Akhmetov) in the village of Kamenskoye, Leninsky district. Several people were detained.

As lawyer Emil Kurbedinov said on his Facebook page , the events affected Muslims living in the village.

“There is information about mass searches and detentions in the village. Kamenskoye, Leninsky district. The contactee of the Crimean Contact Group for Human Rights in the region reports that Muslims are being searched and detained,” Kurbedinov said.

In Simferopol, on January 28, armed men in balaclavas cordoned off a mosque on Mokrousova Street. This was previously reported by the Center for Journalistic Investigations. According to information received later, the police allegedly checked the activities of the all-Ukrainian organization Alraid and its office on Mokrousova Street in this way. The Mufti of Ukraine said that during the inspection, banned literature was planted in the mosque.

to the Crimean Tatar children's center "Elif" in Dzhankoy On January 27, security forces came with a check. Employees of the children's center were invited to a conversation with law enforcement agencies. They found out what the center does, what and how it teaches children. During the inspection, children's literature was seized.