On Saturday, June 26, Emir-Huseyn Kuku, a political prisoner involved in the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case, turned 45 years old. He is forced to celebrate his fifth birthday in the dungeons of the FSB, where the Russian authorities have placed him and other defendants in the so-called case. The staff of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Emir-Huseyn Kuku on his birthday! We wish you speedy release and reunification with your family and loved ones, good health, patience, unbending will and prosperity!
We remind that Emir-Huseyn Kuku, Vadym 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 Vadym Siruk – to 12 years, Refat Alimov – to 8 years, Arsen Dzhepparov – to 7 years.