On Wednesday, March 18, a court session was held in the Rostov Regional Court, during which the petition for an extension of the preventive measure against the defendant in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case was examined and approved. Seytveli Seytabdiev will remain in jail until March 27. It is reported by the Crimean Solidarity.
It is noted that the session was closed.
We remind that on March 27, 2019, Russian security forces in the occupied Crimea carried out mass searches in 26 Crimean Tatars' dwellings. Literature was seized from some activists, which, according to Crimean Solidarity, was planted by the security forces. In addition to books and brochures, people were confiscated phones, tablets, laptops, passports. The servicemen behaved rudely. It is reported that they used physical force against detainees. They entered the houses in shoes. Lawyers who arrived at the site of the searches were not allowed to contact the detainees. According to the results, 20 people were suspected of their involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which was banned in the Russian Federation. On March 28, three more Crimean Tatar activists were detained, in whose dwellings searches were carried out in their absence. On March 27-28, the occupation court arrested all 23 detainees after the searches. They chose a preventive measure in the form of detention. Subsequently, all individuals involved in the so-called case were repeatedly extended the terms of their arrest.