Defendants in th so-called Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case had their arrest period extended

February 25, 2021

The so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol has extended the term of detention to the defendants in the so-called Bakhchysarai Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Alim Sufianov and Seyran Khayredynov 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  figurant 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.