On August 26, the Kiev District Court sentenced 22 Crimean Tatars detained near the same court to 1 to 7 days of administrative arrest. They came to support the defendants in the new Hizb ut-Tahrir case. “Crimean Solidarity” is about this.
reports The detainees were found guilty under the article on organizing a simultaneous mass stay of citizens (Part 1 of Article 20.2.2 of the Administrative Code). Elderly detainees - from 64 to 71 years old - were given only a day of arrest. By the time the court decision was announced, their detention had already lasted more than 24 hours, and now they are already free.
The lawyer of the arrested, Emil Kurbedinov, said that there were no grounds for their detention, since they did not violate the law, but were simply not far from the court, awaiting a decision on the activists detained on August 24. Only relatives of those involved in the criminal case were present directly next to the court.
“All the administratively detained men were sent to different pre-trial detention centers in Crimea,” writes Crimean Solidarity. — Servin Abdullaev, Edem Asanov, Emin Bilyalov, Fevzi Bekbaev, Lenur Ibragimov, Ruslan Kantugansky, Enver Topchi, Bekir Temirgaziev, Memet Lyumanov, Rustem Osmanov ended up in the temporary detention center in Nizhnegorsk; Eleonora Izmailova, Abdul Gafarov and Ruslan Abdurashitov were taken to the temporary detention center in Lenino; Yunus Fevziev, Zinur Appazov were taken to the temporary detention center in Yevpatoria; Emil Aliev ended up in the temporary detention center in Feodosia.”
Aliyev was arrested twice. According to the protocol on the mass presence of citizens, he was sentenced to five days of arrest; according to the second protocol - under the article on disobedience to police officers - the court sentenced him to another seven days. Both sentences were added, and Aliyev will remain in custody for only seven days.
Mass detentions of Crimean Tatars on the afternoon of August 25. They came to the building of the Kyiv District Court, where they brought those detained in a criminal case for participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir. All those who were detained at the court that day were brought to OP No. 2 “Kyiv”, where they were held until the trial. Two Crimean Tatars suffered from the actions of the police: 71-year-old Enver Seitmemetov had his arm twisted by security forces, and Eldar Aliyev had bruises on his face.
occurred The Supreme Court of Crimea approved the arrests of 22 Crimean Tatars, who were detained on August 25 near the building of the Kiev District Court. About this with reference to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov “Crimean Solidarity”.
August 29 reports - on August 24, security forces conducted searches of relatives of political prisoners and Crimean Solidarity activists. Searches under articles on organization and participation in a terrorist organization (Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) were carried out at six addresses: Ametkhan Umerov, Seidamet Mustafaev, Ruslan Asanov, Abdulmezhit Seytumerov, Eldar Yakubov and Remzi Nimetulaev. The next day they were sent to a pre-trial detention center. came - Cases are regularly brought against Crimean Muslims for involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. Its alleged participants are accused and sentenced to real terms only on the basis that they met in apartments and read religious literature. - The Crimean Solidarity movement appeared in 2016, after the initiation of the first criminal cases for political reasons on the peninsula. The movement provides legal assistance to political prisoners, covers trials, and supports the families of prisoners.