On Tuesday, March 24, the Supreme “court” of Crimea extended the detention period to the figurants of the second Simferopol “Hizb ut-Tahrir case”. Medzhit Abdurakhmanov, Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, Enver Ametov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Izetov, Rustem Sheykhaliev, Servet Gaziev, Yashar Muedinov, Shaban Umerov and Raim Ayvazov will remain in jail until June 15.
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 themselves. 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 and 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 detained after searches . They chose a preventive measure in the form of detention. Subsequently, all the individuals involved in this so-called case were repeatedly extended the terms of their arrest.