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In Simferopol, courts arrested and fined detained Crimean Tatars
In the courts of Simferopol, hearings were held on the cases of the Crimean Tatars detained in the morning - Marlen Mustafaev, Zarema, Riana and Zekkiy Kulametov.
- The Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested Mustafayev for 12 days, wrote on Facebook. journalist Anton Naumlyuk
Mustafayev was found guilty under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda of prohibited symbols) because of a Facebook post with symbols from Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia. Naumlyuk suggested that this could be the same publication, because of which in December 2017 the Crimean Tatar had already been placed under administrative arrest.
The journalist added that on September 5, the arrested Mustafayev should be interrogated in the case that was initiated against him under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity). In the morning, because of this case, the house of the Crimean Tatar was searched . * The Kirovsky District Court fined Riana and Zarema Kulametovs 1,000 rubles each under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (placing prohibited symbols) without confiscating the subject of the offense, the reports . Crimean Solidarity public association
Naumlyuk writes that, according to investigators, in 2011, Riana published on her VKontakte page a video from the celebration of Eid al-Adha, where flags with the inscription in Arabic “La Ilyaha illa Llah” are visible. Employees of the Center for Combating Extremism concluded that the flags bear the symbols of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organization banned in Russia. * The same court arrested Zekkiy Kulametov for five days, finding him guilty under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the lawful demands of the police). Under article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, the court appointed 10 days of arrest for a post on Facebook.
In connection with the case of extremism against Mustafayev, searches were carried out in the house of Zarema Kulametova, the mother of the Crimean Tatar activist Geray Kulametov. As a result, Kulametova, her daughter Riana and husband Zekkiy were detained. Before that, Riana Kulametova informed the Crimean Solidarity activists that her mother was abducted from the place where she was performing compulsory public works, which were appointed by the court.
- Hizb ut-Tahrir is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. Cases of terrorism 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.
- A number of experts from human rights organizations, including the SOVA Center, believe that there is no reason to consider the organization a terrorist organization - members of Hizb ut-Tahrir were not seen to be involved in the commission or preparation of terrorist attacks.