Political prisoner Teymur Abdullaev has been kept in a punishment cell for more than 250 days

January 15, 2021

The defendant in the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Teymur Abdullaev, has been held in a punishment cell for more than 250 days for far-fetched reasons. In addition, the political prisoner is worried about headaches and pressure. The mother of the man, Dilyara Abdullaeva, reported this via her Facebook page.

“My son has been in the punishment cell for more than 250 days. To be in this stuffy space, malnourished, where there are mainly bread and water and gruel, dampness, twilight, stuffiness, unsanitary conditions… Is it worth talking further? According to the lawyer Teymur said that being in the punishment cell, for a year he was able to adapt, and that he internally realized that in his position he had to accept it in order to survive”,- the message said.

The mother of the political prisoner noted that Teymur was worried about headaches and pressure.

We remind that on October 12, 2016, Russian security forces in the village of Strohonivka of Simferopol region arrested five representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people – Uzeir Abdullaev, Teymur Abdullaev, Rustem Ismailov, Emil Dzhemadenov and Ayder Saledinov as a result of mass searches. They were accused of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation and charged with article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in it”).

On June 18, 2019, the North Caucasian District Military Court of the Russian Federation sentenced the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants: Teymur Abdullaev to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony with a probation term of 1 year and 6 months, Rustem Ismailov – to 14 years, Uzeir Abdullaev – to 13 years, Ayder Saledinov and Emil Dzhemadenov – to 12 years.

On December 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in Moscow reduced the terms of imprisonment of the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants by 6 months.