On Wednesday, December 16, the defendant in the so-called Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Eskender Abdulhaniev, turned 23. He has to celebrate his birthday in the dungeons of the FSB, where he and other defendants in the so-called case were illegally placed by the occupation authorities of Crimea. In November 2020, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The team of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Eskender Abdulhaniev on his birthday! We wish you a speedy release and reunion with your family and loved ones, good health, patience, unbending will and well-being!
We remind that on February 14, 2019, Russian security forces conducted searches in the dwellings of Crimean Tatars in the village of Oktiabrske of Krasnohvardiisk district. Three men were detained and taken to the FSB. Criminal proceedings were instituted against them on suspicion of organizing and participating in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation.
On February 15, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol arrested Eskender Abdulhaniev, Rustem Emiruseinov and Arsen Abkhairov detained after a search of the Crimean Tatars on suspicion of membership in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which was banned in Russia.
On November 3, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the verdict to the defendants in the so-called Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Rustem Emiruseinov was sentenced to 17 years behind bars, Arsen Abkhairov – to 13, and Eskender Abdulhaniev – to 12. Political prisoners are forced to serve the first two years in prison.