On Monday, April 20, the Third Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in the Russian city of Sochi dismissed the appeal of Remzi Bekirov and Enver Ametov, defendants in the second so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, about the extension of their detention. They will remain in jail until June 15. This was reported by the Crimean solidarity public initiative.
Lawyer Edem Semedlyaev said that during the so-called court session Remzi Bekirov made a speech. He said that Russia has repeatedly failed to comply with the agreement that it concluded and once again the proof is that it does not comply with the Budapest memorandum. After that, the so-called court also began to interrupt him.
We remind that on March 27, 2019, Russian security forces in the occupied Crimea carried out mass searches in 26 Crimean Tatars' dwellings. Literature was seized from some activists, which, according to Crimean Solidarity, the security forces planted themselves. In addition to books and brochures, people were confiscated phones, tablets, laptops, passports. The servicemen behaved rudely. It is reported that they used physical force against detainees and entered the houses in shoes. Lawyers who arrived at the site of the searches were not allowed to contact the detainees. According to the results of the searches, 20 people were suspected of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation. On March 28, three more Crimean Tatar activists were detained, in whose dwellings searches were carried out in their absence. On March 27-28, the occupation court arrested all 23 detainees after searches. They chose a preventive measure in the form of detention. Subsequently, all the individuals involved in this so-called case were repeatedly extended the terms of their arrest.