On Wednesday, 28 August, political prisoner and the defendant of Bakhchysarai “Hizb ut-Tahrir case”, Enver Mamutov, turned forty-four. It is his fourth birthday that he is forced to celebrate in FSB detention. Russian court sentenced him to sixteen years and nine months’ imprisonment. Crimean Tatar Resource Center team congratulates Enver Mamutov with his Birthday! May you get out of prison as soon as possible and reunite with your family. We wish you strong health, patience, uncrushable will, and wellbeing!
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Previously, on 12 May 2016, Russian forces in the occupied Crimea conducted mass searches in the households of the indigenous Crimean Tatars. As a result, Zevri Abseitov, Remzi Memetov, Rustem Abiltarov, and Enver Mamutov were detained. They are accused of participation in “Hizb ut-Tahrir” organization that is banned in Russia and charged with article 205.5 (“organization and participation of terrorist activity), and later with article 278 Criminal Code of Russia (“Violent seizure and retention of power”).
After the arrest, men were put in Simferopol detention center, where they spent two years on trump-up charges.
After two years, the “case” was transferred to the North-Caucasian district military court. On 22 May 2018, detained Crimean Tatars were unlawfully transported from the detention center in Simferopol to Rostov-on-Don.
On 24 December 2018, North-Caucasian district military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Enver Mamutov to seventeen years in a high-security prison with the limited freedom for one year and six months, Zevri Abseitov, Remzi Memetov, and Rustem Abiltarov were sentenced to nine years in a high-security prison with the limited freedom for one year.