A court in Crimea left members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in custody

The Supreme Court of Crimea upheld the members of Hizb ut-Tahrir accused under Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of a terrorist organization), in custody. This was reported on February 3 on the website “Crimea. Realities."

The court rejected Hizb ut-Tahrir members from Bakhchisaray Remzi Memetov, Enver Mamutov, Ruslan Abiltarov and Zevri Abseitov, who filed appeals to extend the arrest, and also extended until April 8 the period of detention for the defendants in the Yalta case - Muslim Aliyev, Emir -Usein Kuku, Enver Bekirov and Vadim Siruk .

Residents of Yalta and nearby villages were detained in February 2016, residents of Bakhchisarai - in May .

The accusation, if you remove all the chaff from the indictment, is against us only because we have our own view and our own way of life. The prosecution talks about several episodes: a call to Islam and preparations for the seizure of power. This is absurd, why do I need the second if I can do the first without hindrance. The investigation has not yet proven that we tried to commit any violent actions. The investigator pointed out that I did not have enough education to discuss with him. I have enough education to understand that your actions are a crime against the people.

— Vadim Siruk commented on the court decision.

Earlier, the arrest of two more members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Crimea, Arsen Dzhepparov and Refat Alimov, was extended until April 8. Let us remind you that on January 28, Dzhepparov was placed in a punishment cell in a pre-trial detention center for wearing a beard. And on January 26, Crimean Tatar lawyer Emil Kurbedinov was arrested for 10 days for publishing Hizb ut-Tahrir symbols on his social network page in 2013.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation. Cases of terrorism have been opened in different regions of the country, while members of the organization’s cells are accused and sentenced to various terms in a maximum security colony only on the basis that they met in apartments, read religious literature and recruited new members.