In Sevastopol, the court extended the arrest of two Crimean Tatars accused in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case.

The Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol extended until January 11, 2022, the arrest of Zavur Abdullayev, accused of participating in the activities of the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity".

The prosecution insisted that Abdullayev could “threaten witnesses, as well as hide, being a citizen of Ukraine.” The man suffers from hypertension and diabetes and, according to the lawyer, is in the torture conditions of the Simferopol isolation ward.

20:23 The Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol also extended the arrest of Rustem Murasov, a person involved in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, until January 11, writes . Crimean Solidarity

On October 28, the City Court of Sevastopol upheld the detention of Zavur Abdullayev, reports Crimean Solidarity . Due to the fact that the judge spent only two minutes in the deliberation room, lawyer Aleksey Ladin suggested that the decision was prepared in advance.

The headline of the news was changed due to the appearance of information about the extension of the measure of restraint for Rustem Murasov.

• Zavur Abdullayev and Rustem Murasov were detained after mass searches of Crimean Tatars in mid-August. Then, in addition to them, three more people were detained. All of them were sent to a pre-trial detention center on charges of organizing or participating in the activities of a terrorist organization (parts 1 and 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).
• Hizb ut-Tahrir was recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia in 2003. Its participants are accused and sentenced to real terms only on the basis that they met in apartments, read religious literature and recruited new participants. According to the Information and Analytical Center "Sova", the party was unlawfully recognized as a terrorist in Russia.