Defendants in the so-called Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case were left in custody

July 9, 2020

On Thursday, July 9, the Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikha rejected an appeal by lawyers for an extension of the preventive measure against the defendants in the Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Eskender Abdulhaniev, Rustem Emiruseinov and Arsen Abkhairov will remain in jail until September 14, 2020.

We remind that on February 14, 2019, Russian security forces conducted searches in the dwellings of Crimean Tatars in the village of Oktiabrske of Krasnohvardiiske district. Three men were detained and taken to the FSB. Criminal proceedings were instituted against them on suspicion of organizing and participating in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation.

On February 15, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol arrested Eskender Abdulhaniev, Rustem Emiruseinov and Arsen Abkhairov detained after a search of the Crimean Tatars on suspicion of membership in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which was banned in Russia.