In the occupied Crimea, the FSB is completing the process of acquainting political prisoners Shaban Umerov and Eskender Suleymanov with the materials of the so-called criminal case. But those involved in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case did not have time to get acquainted with all the volumes of the case. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
“Despite the fact that Shaban Umerov got acquainted with 39 volumes of the criminal case out of 57, the FSB investigator stopped the process of acquaintance. During this investigative action, a number of requests were made, in particular: to summon witnesses, to attach written evidence, to undergo additional interrogation, to talk with hidden witnesses and the demand for a number of evidence. The results are still unknown to us”,- said lawyer Sheikhmambetov.
Political prisoner Eskender Suleymanov got acquainted with 38 volumes and also not ready. His lawyer got acquainted with 55 out of 57 volumes.
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.