Lawyer Lilia Hemedzhi wrote a complaint about the decision of the occupants to divide the defendants in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case into five groups. The defender considers this action to be formal, unmotivated and biased. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
"In her complaint, the defense attorney called such a decision formal, unmotivated and biased. In her opinion, it contains arguments that do not correspond to the actual circumstances of the case. In her complaint, Hemedzhi pointed to the provisions of Article 154, according to which the separation of a criminal case into a separate proceeding to complete preliminary investigations are allowed if this does not affect the comprehensiveness and objectivity of the preliminary investigation and the resolution of the criminal case, in cases when it is caused by a large volume of a criminal case or a plurality of its episodes”,- the message said.
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.