Asan Yanikov, a defendant in the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, has been kept in quarantine for more than two months in a semi-basement room with unsanitary conditions. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
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“Asan Yanikov said that since August 8, 2020 he has been in quarantine, where they usually do not hold them for more than two weeks. This is a semi-basement room, in fact, it is a transit. From this cell, newly arrived later are distributed to cells. In this cell, the conditions of detention are unsanitary, damp”,- the message said.
It is noted that the state of health of the political prisoner has deteriorated, but no medical assistance is provided to him.
We remind that on March 27, 2019, Russian security forces in the occupied Crimea carried out mass searches in 26 Crimean Tatars' dwellings. Literature was seized from some activists, which, according to Crimean Solidarity, the security forces planted themselves. In addition to books and brochures, people were confiscated phones, tablets, laptops, passports. The servicemen behaved rudely. It is reported that they used physical force against detainees and entered the houses in shoes. Lawyers who arrived at the site of the searches were not allowed to contact the detainees. According to the results of the searches, 20 people were suspected of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation. On March 28, three more Crimean Tatar activists were detained, in whose dwellings searches were carried out in their absence. On March 27-28, the occupation court arrested all 23 detainees after searches. They chose a preventive measure in the form of detention. Subsequently, all the individuals involved in this so-called case were repeatedly extended the terms of their arrest.