On Tuesday, March 16, a court session on the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case was held in the Southern District Military Court, during which political prisoner Raim Ayvazov spoke about torture by FSB officers. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
“They took me to the field, imitated execution, that is, they threatened with murder and reprisal, they said that no one would find me if I did not testify against the rest of the participants in the case”,- Ayvazov said.
It is noted that after this the political prisoner was taken to the FSB department, where he was pressured both mentally and physically.
We remind that on March 27, 2019, Russian security forces in the occupied Crimea carried out mass searches in 26 Crimean Tatars' dwellings. Literature was seized from some activists, which, according to Crimean Solidarity, the security forces planted themselves. In addition to books and brochures, people were confiscated phones, tablets, laptops, passports. The servicemen behaved rudely. It is reported that they used physical force against detainees and entered the houses in shoes. Lawyers who arrived at the site of the searches were not allowed to contact the detainees. According to the results of the searches, 20 people were suspected of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation. On March 28, three more Crimean Tatar activists were detained, in whose dwellings searches were carried out in their absence. On March 27-28, the occupation court arrested all 23 detainees after searches. They chose a preventive measure in the form of detention. Subsequently, all the individuals involved in this so-called case were repeatedly extended the terms of their arrest.