Those involved in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case were denied re-examination of the materials of the criminal case

The Southern District Military Court refused to re-acquaint with the case materials the defendants in the second Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir Ruslan Suleymanov, Osman Arifmemetov, Rustem Sheikhaliev, Enver Ametov and Yashar Muedinov. This is reported by "Crimean Solidarity" with reference to the lawyer Lilya Gemedzhi.

The defense filed a petition for re-examination of the materials due to the fact that the defendants were actually unable to familiarize themselves with the evidence of the prosecution, which the prosecutor had already begun to read out during the meetings. The court stated that it was unable to ensure familiarization with the case in the pre-trial detention center where the defendants were being held. Also, the participants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case were deprived of the opportunity to familiarize themselves before the court session due to problems with the delivery of men to the court. The escort service was delayed and the meeting began with an hour and a half delay.

On June 10, the hearing in the second Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which was supposed to take place in the Southern District Military Court, was postponed to June 17 due to the deterioration in the health of the accused Servet Gaziev.

• 29 Crimean Tatars are undergoing the second Simferopol trial. Shaban Umerov, Rustem Seythalilov, Riza Izetov, Farkhod Bazarov, Dzhemil Gafarov, Seyran Murtaza, Alim Karimov, Tofik Abdulgaziev, Bilyal Adilov, Medjit Abdurakhmanov, Rustem Sheikhaliyev, Seytveli Seytabdiev, Yashar Muedinov, Izet Abdulayev are in custody. Asan Yanikov, Enver Ametov, Ruslan Suleimanov, Akim Bekirov, Erfan Osmanov, Servet Gaziev, Remzi Bekirov, Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, Osman Arifmemetov, Raim Aivazov and Eskender Suleimanov. Umerova, Izetova, Bazarova, Remzi Bekirova and Aivazova are accused of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization (Chapter 1, Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code), and the others - with participation in its activities (Chapter 2, Article 205.5); in addition, everyone is accused of preparing for the violent overthrow of the constitutional system (Article 278 with the application of Part 1, Article 30 of the Criminal Code). The publication "Krym.Realii" published a detailed report on the Simferopol group in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case.
• Hizb ut-Tahrir was 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.