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The leader of a Tatar public organization was called to the police because of a poster at an agreed rally
The leader of the All-Tatar Public Center (VTOC) Farit Zakiev was summoned to the police in connection with the organization of a rally in honor of the Constitution Day of Tatarstan. Zakiev told about this to Idel. Realities".
The man will have to come to the Yapeevo police department in Kazan to draw up a protocol under the article on violation of the rules for holding the action (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses)
“We had a poster at the rally that the representative of the executive committee of Kazan did not like, but we immediately rolled it up when we were told about it. What exactly was on it, I do not remember. Some lawlessness is going on, ”the activist told the publication.
Idel. Realii” suggests that this is a case when, during a rally, relatives of defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case raised a banner with portraits of the accused. An employee of the executive committee, who was at the action, demanded that the poster be lowered.
18:30 The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined Farit 10,000 rubles. “The police said that several participants in the rally did not speak on the stated topic, and Zakiev, being the organizer, did not stop this,” Idel writes. Realities". The meeting itself took place via Skype directly from the police station.
27 May 18:50 The Supreme Court of Tatarstan upheld the fine imposed on Zakiev, reports Idel. Realities".
- A rally in honor of the 27th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Tatarstan was held on November 6, 2019 in Kazan. At the action, they spoke in defense of the Tatar language and demanded "Return the Constitution of 1992." Previously, WTOC activists were denied permission to several rallies several times, but the Supreme Court ruled that some of these refusals were illegal.
- Hizb ut-Tahrir is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. In this regard, criminal cases are initiated in different regions of the country, while the defendants are sentenced to various terms in a strict regime colony only on the basis that they met in apartments, read religious literature and spread their ideas. 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.