24 September at seven in the morning, activist and defendant in the ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir case’ Rustem Seytkhalilov was transferred from the prison in Ulyanovsk region to one of the Russian colonies. This was reported to ‘Crimean solidarity’ by his wife Elzara Seytkhalilova.
‘Rustem called me and informed me that he was already in the city of Kazan. He only knew that he would be escorted to Kirov and then to Vologda. Where they will take him in the end, he was not informed,’ – said Elzara.
The CTRC recalls that on 27 March 2019, Russian security forces in the occupied Crimea conducted mass searches in 26 houses of Crimean Tatars. They seized literature from some activists, which, according to Crimean Solidarity, the law enforcers themselves planted. In addition to books and brochures, people were confiscated phones, tablets, laptops and passports. The law enforcers behaved rudely. It is reported that they used physical force against the detainees. Lawyers, who came to the place of searches, were not allowed to see the defendants. As a result of the searches, 20 people were detained, who are suspected of involvement in the organisation ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir’ banned in Russia. Now political prisoner Rustem Seytkhalilov has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.