The mother-in-law of political prisoner Edem Smailov died in the occupied Crimea

January 4, 2024

Mumiver Keliamova, mother-in-law of political prisoner Edem Smailov, left this world at the age of 68 as a result of a long cancer illness. Mumine Saliieva reported this on her Facebook page.

“In many of my life episodes and pages of calls for goodness, defense of truth and political prisoners, She was our bright Person. The Holy Quran and jamaat (people) accompanied her throughout the path given by the Almighty. And today let them see off our beloved Muniver Tata on her last journey. Our hearts and eyes cry, but we say only what the Creator is pleased with: “Truly, we all belong to Allah and to Him we return.” We will miss her dearly”,- she wrote.

We remind you that on October 11, 2017, in the city of Bakhchysarai, the occupiers conducted mass searches in 6 houses of Crimean Tatars – Marlen Asanov, Seyran Saliiev, Timur Ibrahimov, Memet Belyalov, Ernest Ametov, Server Zekiryaev. Everyone was detained. They were charged under Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation Participation in the activities of an organization that, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, is recognized as terrorist.

On May 21, 2018, in occupied Crimea, Russian security forces conducted searches in the houses of activists of the public association Crimean Solidarity, as a result of which Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov were detained. They are also accused of participating in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.

In February 2019, a criminal case was opened against eight defendants in the second Bakhchysarai Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Marlena Asanov, Seiran Saliiev, Timur Ibrahimov, Memet Belyalov, Ernest Ametov, Server Zekiryaev, Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov – under Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. (Forcible seizure of power or forcible retention of power).

On March 5, it became known that two defendants in the second Bakhchysarai Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Timur Ibrahimov and Memet Belyalov – had their charges increased from Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization) for part one (Organization of the activities of a terrorist organization).

On September 16, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the verdict to the defendants in the second Bakhchysarai Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Marlen Asanov was sentenced to 19 years in a maximum security colony, Memet Belyalov – to 18, Timur Ibrahimov – to 17, Seyran Saliiev – to 16, Server Mustafayev – to 14, Server Zekiryaev and Edem Smailov – to 13.