The defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Simferopol, Teymur Abdullaev, was again extended his detention in the punishment cell for 10 days, despite the fact that he had previously been diagnosed with a coronavirus. The political prisoner will stay in a punishment cell until February 16. This was reported by the mother of the political prisoner Diliara Abdullaeva via her Facebook page.
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“On February 5 of this year, I called the special department of the colony to find out how my son's health is, how is he, because tomorrow his term of punishment ends. To which it was made clear to me that he was still in the punishment cell and has now been extended the term for another 10 days, which is up to February 16!”,- the message said.
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 Aider 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.