Two more defendants in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Servet Gaziev and Erfan Osmanov were removed from the courtroom due to the use of the Crimean Tatar language. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
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“Judge Panasenko removed from the courtroom for his use of the Crimean Tatar language first Servet Gaziev, and then Erfan Osmanov. The defendants wanted to exercise their legal right to speak their native language. It is much easier for them to express themselves in their native language. It turned out that speaking one’s native language is a violation of the regulations. Probably, further violation of the regulations will be the right to a lawyer by agreement, and then coughing or sneezing without court permission will be regarded as a violation of the regulations”,- said lawyer Ayder Azamatov.
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.