The Commissioner's Office and the Human Rights Council intend to address the issue of prosecution for involvement in the banned party Hizb ut-Tahrir.

An appropriate working group should be set up in the near future.

March 1, 2019 became it is known that on February 5 in the office of Tatiana, Commissioner for Human Rights Moskalkova, it was decided to create a working group to prepare proposals for improving the legislation on criminal liability for the continuation of the activities of organizations recognized as terrorist. This decision was prompted by the meeting with relatives of those accused and convicted in cases of the Islamic Radical Party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which was banned as a terrorist organization. The Office of the Commissioner announced its intention to consider appeals and accept measures to protect the rights of convicts and their relatives "if there are grounds". The "Association Russian lawyers.

In addition, the office of the authorized intends to study the decision of the Supreme Court on the recognition of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization, issued in March 2003 for validity. "Following the results, proposals will be prepared for consideration working group," the authorized representative's office explained.

I intend to join this work and Presidential Human Rights Council. " It's clear to us," he said. the head of the Council, Mikhail Fedotov, in an interview with the DailyStorm , - that this organization is extremist, but whether it is terrorist is a big question. We We believe that Hizb ut-Tahrir simply fell into the wrong register. We will use our experts, we will conduct an examination of all materials, and about We will report the results of our expert activities to Moskalkova ." As Fedorov noted, the reclassification of the Hizb ban ut-Tahrir" will be regarded by human rights activists as a victory: " The case in that it is necessary to properly qualify the status of the organization. For terrorism harsher punishment than for extremism, since terrorism far more dangerous than all other forms of extremism ."

Recall that we believe that grounds for banning the Hizb ut-Tahrir party as a terrorist organization was, because she is not involved in violence, and her supporters are subject to criminal prosecution for continuing the activities of a terrorist organization only for party activity (holding meetings, studying party literature) illegally. At the same time, they are appointed under Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code, punishments reach two and a half decades in a strict regime colony.

Sources

• Anastasia Kurilova. In defense of the rights of the forbidden // Kommersant. 2019. March 1.
• Alexey Tarazevich. Moskalkova, together with Fedotov, will check the ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir in Russia // Daily Storm. 2019. March 1.