On Friday, April 10, the so-called Supreme court of the occupied Crimea examined the appeal of the defendant in the so-called third Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case Seytumer Seytumerov. The political prisoner refused to say anything during the so-called court session, citing the political motivation for criminal prosecution against him. It was reported by the Crimean solidarity media agency.
It is noted that Seytumerov Seytumer and his lawyer, Edem Semedlyaev, participated in a court session via videoconference from the pre-trial detention center building in Simferopol. Seytumerov refused to say anything during the session, citing the political motivation for criminal prosecution against him.
“He didn’t give personal data, answered the questions with “yes” or “no”. “He chose this kind of protest for himself, expressing distrust of the court, considering the case against him politically motivated”,- Semedlyaev said.
The lawyer also added that in his appeal he reminded the so-called court about the occupied status of Crimea in accordance with UN Resolutions, which implies, in accordance with the IV Geneva Convention, the operation of Ukrainian legislation on the territory of Crimea.
We remind that on March 11, Russian security officials raided the homes of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchisaray and the Bakhchisaray district. Searches were conducted in the households of Seytumer Seytumerov, Shukri Seitumerov, Amet Suleymanov, Seydamet Mustafayev, Rustem Seitmemetov, and Ayder Suleymanov. Several activists were detained. On March 12, the Kyiv district “court” of Simferopol sent Amet Suleymanov under the house arrest. On March 13, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol chose a measure of restraint in the so-called third Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case in the form of detention. Osman Seytumerov, Seytumer Seytumerov and Rustem Seitmemetov will remain in jail until May 10, 2020.