Two Crimean Tatars were arrested in Simferopol on charges of participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested Crimean Tatars Server Mustafaev and Edem Smailov on charges of participation in Hizb. About this "Mediazona" with reference to journalist Taras Ibragimov

ut-Tahrir writes Mustafayeva and Smailova will be in custody until June 9. Lawyer Sergei Legotosov believes that the arrest is due to the fact that this case was combined with another involving six more Crimean Tatars.

According to investigators, Mustafayev participated in a meeting of Hizb followers on December 2, 2016 in the mosque of the sixth microdistrict of Bakhchisaray, the lawyer reports. According to him, his client refused to testify because the prosecution did not present an audio recording of the conversation.

ut-TahrirServer Mustafayev believes that the persecution is related to his active activities in the public association “Crimean Solidarity”. He spoke about this in court.

In addition, as Legotosov said, the delay was not without violations. “When identified, in particular, two people were without beards, one with a beard. There should be no sharp differences in appearance between the individuals being identified. Also, we did not hear what the person who identified Server said, the witnesses already told us about this,” Legostov said.

• Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov on May 21 after searches in their homes. A case was opened against both of them for participation in a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). detained - Hizb was declared terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court. However, a number of experts from human rights organizations, including the SOVA Center, believe that there is no reason for this - members of Hizb were not seen to be involved in committing or preparing terrorist attacks. ut-Tahrirut-Tahrir