On Wednesday, August 19, a political prisoner involved in the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Emil Dzhemadenov, turned 40. He is forced to celebrate his fourth birthday in the dungeons of the FSB, where he and other defendants in the so-called case were illegally placed by the occupying authorities of the peninsula. In June last year, a Russian court sentenced them to terms ranging from 12 to 17 years in prison. Later, later the terms were reduced by six months. The team of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Emil Dzhemadenov on his birthday! We wish you speedy release and reunification with your family and loved ones, good health, patience, unbending will and prosperity!
We remind that on October 12, 2016, Russian security forces in the village of Strohonivka of Simferopol region arrested five representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people – Uzeir Abdullaev, Teymur Abdullaev, Rustem Ismailov, Emil Dzhemadenov and Ayder Saledinov as a result of mass searches. They were accused of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation and charged with article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in it”).
On June 18, 2019, the North Caucasian District Military Court of the Russian Federation sentenced the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants: Teymur Abdullaev to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony with a probation term of 1 year and 6 months, Rustem Ismailov – to 14 years, Uzeir Abdullaev – to 13 years, Ayder Saledinov and Emil Dzhemadenov – to 12 years.
On December 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in Moscow reduced the terms of imprisonment of the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants by 6 months.