Term of arrest extended for political prisoner Bektemyrov

February 18, 2021

The so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol has extended the term of detention of the defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Vadym Bektemyrov will remain under arrest until June 2, 2021.

We remind that on July 7, Russian security forces conducted mass searches in the dwellings of the Crimean Tatars in the Bakhchisaray, Krasnohvardiiske and Simferopol districts of the occupied Crimea. Seven people were detained. All were taken to the FSB headquarters in Simferopol. On July 7, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol sent Oleksandr Syzykov, a disabled individual of the first group, under house arrest. On July 8, the so-called Kyiv District Court of the occupied Crimea chose a measure of restraint for Ismet Ibrahimov, Zekirya Muratov, Vadym Bektemyrov, Emil Zyiadynov, Alim Sufianov and Seyran Khayretdynov in the form of detention.