The defendant in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Rustem Sheykhalev, received an ambulance call during the so-called court session. The political prisoner was worried about high blood pressure. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
“Rustem Sheikhaliev wanted to file a petition about his poor health immediately after the start of the trial, but the court interrupted him, giving him time to make a statement later. According to the defendant, he developed malaise while still in the pre-trial detention center, in connection with which he got an appointment with a paramedic, but he diagnosed him with a pressure of 130/90, which, in his opinion, is within the normal range, and offered an ibuprofen tablet”,- the message says.
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.