The defendant in the so-called second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Simferopol, Shaban Umerov, is worried about headaches and blood pressure, but it is difficult to control it in the conditions of the pre-trial detention center. The Crimean Tatar Resource Center was informed about this by his wife Zarema.
“My husband's condition can be different, blood pressure jumps, the head hurts. Under these conditions, you cannot control the pressure, whether it is low or high. The heart also worries him. In general, he does not part with the pills that we have passed, they are always with him”,- said the wife.
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.