On Tuesday, August 4, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don extended the term of detention of the defendants in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Marlen Asanov, Server Zakiryaev, Memet Belyalov, Seyran Saliiev, Ernest Ametov, Timur Ibragimov, Edem Smailov and Server Mustafayev will remain under arrest until November 12, 2020.
“For me, as a defender, it is obvious that such a long extension of a preventive measure is already like a punishment. My client Zakiryaev is the father of 13 children. There is no reason to suspect that he will hide. He was taken away from raising 13 children. If the court will decide to change the measure of restraint, the defense will ensure the appearance of the defendants in court,”,- said lawyer Alexei Ladin”,- Crimean Solidarity public association reported.
We remind that on October 11, 2017, in the city of Bakhchisaray, the invaders carried out mass searches in 6 dwellings of Crimean Tatars – Marlen Asanov, Seiran Saliiev, Timur Ibrahimov, Memet Belyalov, Ernest Ametov, Server Zakiryaev. Everyone was detained. They were charged under Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Participation in the activities of an organization which, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, is recognized as terrorist”.
On May 21, 2018, Russian security forces raided the dwellings of activists of the Crimean Solidarity public association in the occupied Crimea, as a result of which Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov were detained. They were also accused of their membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir organisation, which is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.
In February 2019, a criminal case was opened against eight individuals involved in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Marlen Asanov, Seiran Saliiev, Timur Ibrahimov, Memet Belyalov, Ernest Ametov, Server Zakiryaev, Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov (“Violent seizure of power or violent retention of power”).
On March 5, it became known that the two defendants in the so-called second Bakhchysarai Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Timur Ibrahimov and Memet Belyalov – had their charge tightened from part two of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (“participation in the activities of a terrorist organization”) to the part one (“organization of the activities of a terrorist organization”).