The defendant in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Servet Gaziev, had his beard forcibly shaved off: one of the law enforcement officers stood on his back, and two others wrung his hands. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
“Servet Gaziev reported that he was placed in the neuropsychiatric department of the interregional tuberculosis hospital 19, where he was kept with mentally ill people in the same cell. On September 19, they were taken out of the chamber to vote on election day. He told the staff that he would not vote because he is a citizen of Ukraine, as well as because of his religious beliefs”,- the message said.
It is noted that after that he was taken out into the courtyard, where a large number of the servicemen began to use obscene language towards him and insult religious feelings. A few days later, four pre-trial detention center officers entered his cell and forcibly shaved off his beard: one of the law enforcement officers stood on his back, and two others wrung his hands, while the fourth cut off his beard, leaving it short.
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.