The Consul General of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don Taras Malyshevsky met with the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants. Political prisoners complain about the conditions of detention, health conditions, but despite the difficulties, they continue to fight and are now preparing to appeal the verdict. It is reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
The consul noted that some of the defendants in the so-called case had their health deteriorated in the conditions of the pre-trial detention center. The conditions of detention in the pre-trial detention center are terrible: it’s cold, the heating is turned off, and the cells are located in an XVIII century building.
“They are getting ready for a court session of the court of appeal, they are expecting it in the next month. They did not complain about the conditions of their detention, because they are used to such hardships. Those who support them and worry about their fates were conveyed sincere words of gratitude”,- Malyshevsky said.
The so-called case defendant Arsen Dzhepparov emphasized that “now the whole North Caucasus is looking at the cohesion and resilience of the Crimean Tatar political prisoners.”
We remind that Emir-Huseyn Kuku, Vadim Siruk, Muslim Aliev, Enver Bekirov, Arsen Dzhepparov and Refat Alimov are accused of participation in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in the Russian Federation. They are charged with Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organization of the activities of a terrorist organization and participation in it”). Later they began to impute Article 278 of the Criminal Code ("Forced seizure of power or forcible retention of power"). On October 11, during a court session in the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the prosecutor requested 13 to 20 years in prison for the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants. On November 12, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the sentence. Muslim Aliev and Enver Bekirov were sentenced to 19 and 18 years in a maximum security penal colony, Emir-Huseyn Kuku and Vadim Siruk – to 12 years, Refat Alimov – to 8 years, Arsen Dzhepparov – to 7 years.