Those involved in the Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case have their arrest extended for two months

The Supreme Court of Crimea extended the arrest of five defendants in the Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir for two months. about it Writes "Crimea. Realii” with reference to the lawyer Sergei Legostov.

“Uzeyir Abdullayev's arrest was extended until August 10. The total period is already 22 months. The rest is the same: some of the suspects were extended until August 11, ”the lawyer told the publication.

In May, it became known that Uzeyir Abdullayev was taken to the hospital in critical condition. He had a high temperature for several days, there were swelling with redness and severe pain, and his left leg was swollen up to the knee so that the man could not step on it. The demands for hospitalization of Abdullayev were not satisfied, and the relatives were not told the diagnosis. At the moment, the man is in the medical unit of the pre-trial detention center of Crimea, his lawyer Sergei Legostov said.

“Today I saw him, his health condition is satisfactory. On May 4, he was examined by a narrow specialist in the hospital. Semashko. I received an answer about his state of health, diagnosis, forms of treatment. I passed this data on to his wife for consultation with other doctors, ”said the lawyer.

• Uzeyir Abdullayev, Ayder Saledinov, Rustem Ismailov and Emil Dzhemadenov are accused of participating in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization (part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code), Teymur Abdullayev of organizing the activities of a cell (part 1 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) . This is the fourth case against alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir initiated on the territory of Crimea.
• All five defendants were detained and arrested in November 2016 after a series of searches in the homes of Crimean Tatars. In December of the same year, Saledinov, Ismailov and Uzeyir Abdullayev stated that they were beaten by FSB officers while being transported to the investigation.
• Hizb ut-Tahrir is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. Terrorism cases have been opened in different regions of the country, while members of the cells of the organization are accused and sentenced to various terms in a strict regime colony only on the basis that they met in apartments, read religious literature and recruited new members.

According to a number of experts, Hizb ut-Tahrir was unlawfully recognized as a terrorist organization, since its members in Russia did not prepare or carry out terrorist acts.