On Monday, March 16, in the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, a hearing was held in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Political prisoner Ernest Ametov said that at the moment when their fate is decided, all their needs and desires are ignored: “There are interests of the judge, there are interests of the prosecutor, there are interests of the witness, but the interests of the prisoner are of no interest to anyone.” It is reported by the Crimean solidarity group.
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“I witnessed how the people who were with me, namely 3 of them, — they had high body temperature. The fate of the people is decided here, you know what imprisonment terms these articles prescribe. And you yourself understand how important the psychological and physical well-being is, when such an important issue is being decided that concerns your future. And now, looking at all this, we saw complete disregard for our all these needs and desires. And as I noticed, I give such an assessment to all, that there are interests of the judge, there are interests of the prosecutor, there are interests of the witness, while the defendant’s interests do not matter, that's what I clearly saw”,- Ametov said.
The political prisoner emphasized that even when they asked to go to the restroom, they were told to be patient, there is no such approach even to animals. Humans are rational beings who have certain needs, while they simply ignore it.
“Therefore, what we are saying today, that it’s clear that we won’t be heard now, as practice has shown, but someday these papers will be read by people who objectively approach these documents and maybe then they will give a more objective assessment of current events”,- he added.
We remind that on October 11, 2017, in the city of Bakhchisaray, the invaders carried out mass searches in 6 dwellings 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, Russian security forces raided the dwellings of activists of the Crimean Solidarity public association in the occupied Crimea, 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 prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.
In February 2019, a criminal case was opened against eight individuals involved in the second Bakhchisaray “Hizb ut-Tahrir case” – Marlen Asanov, Seyran Saliiev, Timur Ibrahimov, Memet Belyalov, Ernest Ametov, Server Zekiryaev, Server Mustafayev and Edem Smailov (“violent seizure of power or violent retention of power”).
On March 5, it became known that the two defendants in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Timur Ibrahimov and Memet Belyalov – had their charge tightened from part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (“participation in the activities of a terrorist organization”) to part 1 (“organization of the activities of a terrorist organization”).
On September 12, all eight persons involved in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case: Marlen Asanov, Server Zekiryaev, Memet Belyalov, Seyran Saliiev, Ernest Ametov, Timur Ibrahimov, Edem Smailov and Server Mustafayev were transferred from Crimea to Rostov-on-Don.