On Thursday, March 16, Seitveli Seitabdiiev, a political prisoner and defendant in the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, turned 29 years old. He is forced to celebrate his birthday in the dungeons of the FSB, where he and other defendants in the case were illegally placed by the occupying authorities of the peninsula. The staff of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Seytabdiev Seytveli 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 conducted mass searches in 26 houses of Crimean Tatars. According to the results, 20 people were detained, who are suspected of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation.