The prosecutor asked for 17 years in prison for the imam involved in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case.

In the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the state prosecutor requested 17 years in prison for Imam Raif Fevziev, who is being persecuted due to his alleged involvement in the banned party Hizb ut-Tahrir. “Crimean Solidarity” is about this.

reports According to the prosecutor, the imam must serve the first three years of imprisonment. After serving the main sentence, he was also sentenced to two years of restriction of freedom: during this time he must not change his place of residence, organize or participate in public events, and must also report to the Federal Penitentiary Service twice per month.

prison Two secret witnesses testified in the case. According to the imam’s lawyer, Edem Semedlyaev, their testimony shows that they “most likely don’t even know Fevziev Raif, they speak in stereotypes.” The defense lawyer added that the case involved experts dependent on the FSB. The prosecution did not provide any other evidence of the imam's guilt.

Fevziev in Sevastopol and sent into custody in August 2021 along with four other Crimean Tatars. The man is accused of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization (Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and preparing for a violent change of power (Article 278 of the Criminal Code with the use of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code) due to his alleged involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. Currently, Fevziev is in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don.

detained - the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir was recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. 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 SOVA information and analytical center, the party was unlawfully recognized as terrorist in Russia. opinion - According to the project “Assistance to political prisoners. Memorial" as of December 15, 2022, at least 328 people are being persecuted in connection with their involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, of which 27 are wanted. At least 242 people were convicted, of which 105 defendants were sentenced to terms of more than fifteen years in prison. In total, Memorial recognized 272 persons involved in cases of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami as political prisoners (227 of them are currently being prosecuted, and 45 of them were released after serving their sentences). data