A court in Crimea rejected appeals against the arrest of those involved in the Bakhchisarai “Hizb ut-Tahrir case”

The Supreme Court of Crimea upheld the decision to arrest three defendants in the Bakhchisaray “Hizb ut-Tahrir case” Ernes Ametov, Marlen Asanov, Server Zekiryaev until March 9. It is reported by "Crimea. Realii” with reference to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov.

The process itself took place behind closed doors. The lawyer stated that he did not know the reason for closing the process and that he had not seen any documents about it.

On October 11, 2017, searches were carried out in the homes of six Crimean Tatars. One of them is accused of organizing terrorist activities (part 1 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code), five of them are accused of participating in terrorist activities (part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).

On October 13, they were arrested for two months, and then the court extended their detention until March 9. Lawyer Aleksey Ladin tried to challenge the court's decision, but the Supreme Court of Crimea did not place Zekiryaev under house arrest, despite the fact that he has twelve children.

Hizb ut-Tahrir has been declared terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court. However, a number of experts from human rights organizations, including the SOVA Center, believe that there are no grounds for this - members of Hizb ut-Tahrir were not seen to be involved in the commission or preparation of terrorist attacks.