Fifth birthday behind bars: political prisoner Uzeir Abdullaev turned 47 years old

April 30, 2021

On Friday, April 30, Uzeir Abdullaev, a political prisoner involved in the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, turned 47. He is forced to celebrate his birthday in the dungeons of the FSB, where he and other defendants in the so-called case were illegally placed by the Russian authorities. The staff of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Uzeir Abdullaev on his birthday! We wish you speedy release and reunification with your family and loved ones, good health, patience, unbending will and prosperity. Allah baht, sabır ve sağlıq bersin!

We remind that on October 12, 2016, Russian security forces in the village of Strohonivka of Simferopol region arrested five representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people – Uzeir Abdullaev, Teymur Abdullaev, Rustem Ismailov, Emil Dzhemadenov and Ayder Saledinov as a result of mass searches. They were accused of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation and charged with article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in it”).

On June 18, 2019, the North Caucasian District Military Court of the Russian Federation sentenced the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants: Teymur Abdullaev to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony with a probation term of 1 year and 6 months, Rustem Ismailov – to 14 years, Uzeir Abdullaev – to 13 years, Ayder Saledinov and Emil Dzhemadenov – to 12 years.

On December 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in Moscow reduced the terms of imprisonment of the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants by 6 months.