On Monday, February 20, Remzi Bekirov, a political prisoner and defendant in the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, turned 38 years old. He is forced to celebrate his birthday in captivity, where he was illegally placed by the occupation authorities of Crimea. The team of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Remzi Bekirov on his birthday! We wish you a speedy release and reunification with your family and loved ones, good health, patience, unbending will and well-being!
We remind you 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.