Arrest term extended for Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendant Ibragimov

July 8, 2021

On Thursday, July 8, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don extended the preventive measure for Ismet Ibrahimov, a defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case. He will remain in jail until October 24, 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 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 Ziyiadynov, Alim Sufianov and Seyran Khayretdynov in the form of detention.