The prosecutor demanded that Crimean Tatar activists be sentenced to 15 to 16 years in prison

During a meeting in the Southern District Military Court in the Rostov Region, the prosecutor asked to sentence the defendants in the case of the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir group to terms of 15 to 16 years in prison. about this Writes "Crimean Solidarity".

For Akim Bekirov, Seitveli Seitabdiev and Rustem Seitkhalilov, the prosecutor requested 15 years in a strict regime colony, including three years in prison, as well as restriction of freedom of movement for one year and six months.

For Eskender Suleymanov and Asan Yanikov, the prosecutor requested 16 years in a strict regime colony, including three years in prison, and a year and six months of restrictions after serving their sentences.

All of them are charged under the article on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and preparation for the violent overthrow of power (Article 278 of the Criminal Code with the application of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code).

• 29 Crimean Tatars are involved in the second Simferopol case. Four have been put on the wanted list, 25 people are in custody. The Krym.Realii publication 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.