On Friday, May 21, the so-called Krasnohvardiiske District Court fined Arsen Abkhairov, the mother of the defendant in the so-called Krasnovhardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case, 10,000 rubles for a solitary picket in support of her son. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
“Judge of the Krasnohvardiiske District Court, Dzhangar Sanhadzhi-Goriaiev, found the mother of political prisoner Arsen Abkhairov, Zelikha Abkhairova, guilty of committing an offense under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation (Violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, march or picketing) and imposed a fine of 10 000 rubles. At the same time, the norms of the procedural law of the conduct of the trial were grossly violated”,- the message said.
We remind that on February 14, 2019, Russian security forces conducted searches in the dwellings of Crimean Tatars in the village of Oktiabrske of Krasnohvardiisk district. Three men were detained and taken to the FSB. Criminal proceedings were instituted against them on suspicion of organizing and participating in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation.
On February 15, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol arrested Eskender Abdulhaniev, Rustem Emiruseinov and Arsen Abkhairov detained after a search of the Crimean Tatars on suspicion of membership in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which was banned in Russia.
On November 3, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the verdict to the defendants in the so-called Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Rustem Emiruseinov was sentenced to 17 years behind bars, Arsen Abkhairov – to 13, and Eskender Abdulhaniev – to 12. Political prisoners are forced to serve the first two years in prison.