Arsen Abhairov, a defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, still manages to challenge the fact that his time in pre-trial detention was not counted towards his prison term. Crimean Solidarity reports this.
He is serving his sentence in prison 2 of Yeniseisk, Krasnoyarsk Region. According to his lawyer Maria Terekhova, this is illegal, since Abhairov should have left prison long ago and served his sentence in a maximum security colony.
According to the court decision, the period of his detention in the pre-trial detention center should have been counted as prison time, but in the final decision the court indicated something completely different. Abhairov asked to provide him with the protocol and audio recording of the meeting, but has still not received a response, which is why he cannot appeal the decision.
Although the court declared illegal the FSEP’s refusal to transfer Abkhairov to a colony closer to home, it refused to compensate the Crimean Tatar’s family’s travel expenses. He also complained of varicose veins, pain in his legs and problems with his teeth, which was a result of the harsh living conditions in the pre-trial detention center.
According to lawyer Maria Terekhova, Arsen is holding up well and believes that next year he will definitely be free, and that he, like his compatriots, will not serve these huge sentences to the end.
We remind you that on February 14, 2019, Russian security forces conducted searches in the dwellings of Crimean Tatars in the village of Oktiabrske of Krasnohvardiiske district. Three men were detained and taken to the FSB. Criminal proceedings were instituted against them on suspicion of organizing and participating in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation.
On February 15, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol arrested Eskender Abdulhaniev, Rustem Emiruseinov and Arsen Abkhairov detained after a search of the Crimean Tatars on suspicion of membership in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which was banned in Russia.
On November 3, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the verdict to the defendants in the so-called Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Rustem Emiruseinov was sentenced to 17 years behind bars, Arsen Abkhairov – to 13, and Eskender Abdulhaniev – to 12. Political prisoners are forced to serve the first two years in prison.