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The court extended the arrest of four defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case for three months.
The Southern District Military Court extended the term of detention in the pre-trial detention center for four defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case Rustem Murasov, Rustem Tairov, Dzhebbar Bekirov and Zavur Abdullayev for three months. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity".
The prosecutor petitioned for an extension of detention for three months, which the court granted. The prosecution argued its position by the presence of Ukrainian citizenship among the Crimeans, the ability to influence witnesses, as well as the severity of the crime.
“The arguments of the prosecution were of a probabilistic nature, they are not confirmed,” lawyer Aleksey Ladin said.
On August 17, 2021, security forces conducted mass searches in the homes of Crimean Tatars, during which they detained five people - Rustem Murasov, Rustem Tairov, Dzhebbar Bekirov, Zavur Abdullayev and Raif Fevziev. All of them are in custody. Bekirov and Fevziev are accused of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization (part 1 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code), and the others of participating in it (part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). Fevziev's case is considered separately.
In January, a criminal case was also opened against the Crimeans on preparations for the seizure of power (Article 278 of the Criminal Code with the application of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code).
On February 2, the Military Court of Appeal, located in Vlasikha, near Moscow, rejected the lawyer's appeal against the extension of the guard for Crimean Muslims from Sevastopol. The defendants took part in the meeting via videoconferencing from the pre-trial detention center of Rostov-on-Don, and the lawyer also remotely from the Crimean garrison military court. about this . writes The Crimean Solidarity project
- The Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir has been 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 information and analytical center "Sova", the party is recognized as a terrorist in Russia unlawfully.
- According to the project “Help to Political Prisoners. Memorial" as of December 27, 2022, at least 328 people are being prosecuted in connection with 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 as political prisoners 273 defendants in cases of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (228 of them are currently being prosecuted, and 45 of them were released after serving their sentences).