On appeal, the arrest of the defendants in the second Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir was recognized as legal

On April 16, the Supreme Court of Crimea rejected the appeal against the arrest of the defendants in the second Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir. This was reported by the movement "Crimean Solidarity" with reference to the lawyer Emine Avamileva.

On March 11, the Kyiv District Court of Simferopol extended the detention of Osman Arifmemetov, Rustem Sheikhaliev and Medzhit Abdurakhmanov in pre-trial detention until March 26 and 27. They are accused of involvement in terrorist activities (Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) in connection with their religious beliefs - belonging to the Muslim organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. The defense appealed this decision, but on appeal the court of second instance upheld the arrest.

Emine Avamileva told how things are with the prevention of coronavirus infection. “There [in the pre-trial detention center - OVD-Info ] certain preventive measures are being taken, measures are a mask, some disinfecting procedures, but this is not enough to prevent the development of chronic diseases that our clients have. Therefore, it is quite difficult to say that their health is at a high level. It is relatively satisfactory. That is why, due to the state of health and due to the fact that the investigation justified its petition exclusively hypothetically, we asked the court to apply another measure of restraint to them in the form of keeping them under house arrest, ”Krymskaya Solidarity reports the lawyer’s words.

• in March 2019 The defendants in the second Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir were sent to a pre-trial detention center after mass searches. Since then, they have consistently extended the period of detention in the pre-trial detention center.
• In total, 25 Crimean Tatars are involved in the criminal case. They are accused under articles on organizing the activities of a terrorist organization (part 1 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) or participation in it (part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code), as well as in preparing to overthrow the constitutional order (part 1 of article 30 and art. 278 of the Criminal Code). The accused are members of the Crimean Solidarity public movement, which supports the persecuted Crimean Tatars and disseminates information about them.
• 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.