Arrest term extended for political prisoner Ziyadynov

July 30, 2021

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don extended the term of detention to the defendant in the latest so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Emil Ziyadynov, who was detained during the mass searches on July 7, will remain under arrest until November 3, 2021.

We remind that on July 7, Russian security forces conducted mass searches in the dwellings of the Crimean Tatars in the Bakhchysarai, 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 Ziyadynov, Alim Sufianov and Seyran Khayretdynov in the form of detention.