{"id":261302,"date":"2024-08-21T14:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctrcenter.org\/117-people-prosecuted-in-hizb-ut-tahrir-case-in-the-occupied-crimea-ctrc"},"modified":"2024-09-01T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T11:03:25","slug":"117-people-prosecuted-in-hizb-ut-tahrir-case-in-the-occupied-crimea-ctrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctrcenter.org\/en\/117-people-prosecuted-in-hizb-ut-tahrir-case-in-the-occupied-crimea-ctrc","title":{"rendered":"117 people prosecuted in \u2018Hizb ut-Tahrir case\u2019 in the occupied Crimea – CTRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the occupation of Crimea, the Russian Federation has been actively practising religious persecution on the peninsula. According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre, 117 people are being persecuted in the \u2018Hizb ut-Tahrir case\u2019, 114 of them are representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people. 82 of them are serving their sentences in Russian prisons and colonies, while 28 are in pre-trial detention centres, 2 are under house arrest, and 5 have been released.<\/p>\n

On 14 February 2003, the Supreme Tribunal of the Russian Federation, having considered in a closed court session a civil case on the application of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, recognised 15 Islamic organisations, including Hizb ut-Tahrir, as terrorist and banned their activities on the territory of the Russian Federation. The reasoning part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation does not contain any data on the terrorist activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in accordance with the definition of terrorism. This decision was taken in violation of the basic principles of a fair trial: publicity and equality of arms.<\/p>\n

The charges in these \u2018cases\u2019 are based on the testimony of \u2018hidden witnesses\u2019 and the conclusions of \u2018experts\u2019 actively co-operating with the FSB of the Russian Federation. The only \u2018evidence\u2019 is banned Islamic literature found during searches, operational data of the FSB and audio recordings, which allegedly record that the convicts held discussions on religious and political topics. The activists are accused of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organisation banned in the Russian Federation, which has no restrictions on its activities in most countries of the world.<\/p>\n

This policy of the Russian Federation is a demonstration of the fight against dissent, as well as religious and political beliefs of people in occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n

The Russian Federation is misusing its legislation for political purposes, in particular to suppress the non-violent struggle of Crimean Tatars and their protest against the occupation of Crimea. Moreover, the occupiers are intensifying repression against the defendants of the \u2018Hizb ut-Tahrir case\u2019, increasing the sentences to 19 years in prison, assigning the first years of imprisonment, putting political prisoners on vocational registers.<\/p>\n

From the point of view of Hizb ut-Tahrir, none of the countries of the Western world, including Russia, meet the criteria for the establishment of a Caliphate. Moreover, the organisation notes its non-adoption of terrorist methods in its activities, and not a single terrorist attack or armed violence has been organised in the 75 years of its existence.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The Crimean Tatar Resource Centre demands the cancelation of all sentences of the Hizb ut-Tahrir defendants and the immediate release of other political prisoners.<\/p>\n

The Crimean Tatar Resource Centre calls on the international community to increase pressure on the Russian Federation to stop political persecution in Crimea, and to impose personal sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n

During the entire occupation of the peninsula, 18 waves of detentions of Crimean Tatars involved in the so-called \u2018Hizb ut-Tahrir case\u2019 were carried out:
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