House arrest was extended for political prisoner Oleksandr Syzykov

February 25, 2021

The so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol has extended the term of house arrest for the defendant in the last so-caled Hizb ut-Tahrir case, a disabled person of the first group, Oleksandr Syzykov.

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 Ziyadynov, Alim Sufianov and Seyran Khairetdynov in the form of detention.