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In Simferopol, more than 25 Crimeans were arrested who came to a meeting on the Hizb ut-Tahrir case.
In Simferopol, more than 25 Crimean Tatars were arrested, who on January 25 came to the building of the Kyiv District Court, where they were choosing a preventive measure for six Crimeans in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Crimean Solidarity reports this.
Arrests of local residents under the article on organizing a mass simultaneous stay of citizens, resulting in a violation of public order (Article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) were ordered by three courts - Kyiv District, Tsentralny District and Zheleznodorozhny District.
Kyiv District Court:
- Shevket Kurtumerov - 10 days
- Yagya Yagyaev - 12 days
- Server Useinov, Eskender Abdulkarimov, Dlyver Ibragimov, Server Memdlyaev and Lemar Ismailov - 13 days
- Settar Temirgaziev – 14 days
- Reshat Paralamov - 15 days
Central District Court:
- Ruslan Umerov - fine 20 thousand rubles
- Shevket Kiyamov – 11 days
- AbdulAziz Adzhiumerov, Ismet Memetov and Kulamet Ibragimov - 12 days
- Seythalil Seydametov, Rustem Kurkchi and Yusup Useinov - 13 days
- Asan Zekeryaev – 14 days
Zheleznodorozhny District Court:
- Midat Zhalillov (Zhalilov) – 10 days
- Amet Ametov, Sabri Selyametov, Nariman Medzhitov and Remzi Islyamov - 13 days
- Arsen Umerov - 16 days
In addition, Enver Kurtnizirov was sentenced to 10 days of arrest, and Abdumazhit Zekeryaev was sentenced to 14 days. It is not specified which courts arrested Kurtnezirov and Zekeryaev.
On January 25, the Kiev District Court sent six Crimean Tatars to pre-trial detention until March 24. The men were detained on January 24 after searches. The Ukrainian publication Graty spoke in detail about how the investigative actions took place in the houses of the Crimean Tatars.
Lawyers who wanted to help the detainees were not allowed to attend the meeting to select a preventive measure, due to the fact that they were already defending other defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Local residents gathered at the courthouse, police detained more than 30 people, and later the security forces released seven of them.
On February 1, January 31, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea upheld the decisions in the cases of Medzhitov, Arsen Umerov, Jalilov, Kurtnizirov, Asan Zekeryaev, Aider Zekeryaev, Kurkchi, Memetov, Selyametov, Ametov, Seidametov, Yusup Useinov, Islyamov, Dvlyver Ibragimov, Kazim Ablyalimov, Kiyamova.
As lawyer Emil Kurbedinov told Crimean Solidarity, Kazim Ablyalimov’s father died during his arrest, but the appeal court did not take this circumstance into account. The court also did not take into account the fact that some of the detainees came to support their close relatives.
The decisions in the cases of Limar Ismailov, Shevket Kurtumerov, Abdumadzhit Zekeryaev, Server Memedlyaev, Kulamet Ibraimov, Reshat Paralamov, Abdulaziz Adzhiumerov were changed. In an interview with Crimean Solidarity, lawyer Rustem Kyamilev explained that in Paralamov’s case, the court satisfied his additions that the protocols were drawn up several hours after the moment of arrest.
- 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 Information and Analytical Center “Sova” and the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” , the party is illegally recognized as terrorist in Russia.
- According to the project “Assistance to political prisoners. Memorial" as of January 11, 2023, at least 330 people are being persecuted in connection with their involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, of which 27 are wanted. At least 254 people were convicted, of which 107 defendants were sentenced to terms of more than fifteen years in prison. In total, Memorial recognized 273 persons involved in cases of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami as political prisoners (228 of them are currently being prosecuted, and 45 of them were released after serving their sentences).