The defendants in the so-called second Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case were placed in a small room with no windows and ventilation during the consideration of the appeal to extend the arrest by videoconference. All defense statements are ignored. This was reported by lawyer Emil Kurbedinov via his Facebook page.
“At the moment, the entire second Bakhchisaray group is held in three square meters – eight people. There are no windows and ventilation. There is no fresh air to breathe. This is being examined by the military court of appeal for the extension of the arrest by video conference! The prosecutor and the judges see no obstacles to continue, while, at first, the defendants tried to stay in this room in turn one by one, but after pressure on them they simply squeezed into this room all together! All statements and comments of the defense are ignored!”, – the message says.
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 so-called 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 tightened the charge from part 2 of Aricle. 205.5 of the Criminal Code (“participation in the activities of a terrorist organization”) to the first part (“organization of the activities of a terrorist organization”).