The mother of a defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Arsen Abkhairov (sentenced to 13 years in jail) is prosecuted because of a solitary picket in support of her son. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
It is noted that the administrative investigation is carried out on the grounds of an offense under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
“The so-called case is under the control of police captain Oleg Sherigov, authorized by the police of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnohvardeiiske district, where single pickets of mothers of political prisoners were held. The ruling, a copy of which is at the disposal of the Crimean Solidarity, states that a similar ruling was made in relation to another participant in the single picket – Zore Emiruseinova”,- the message said.
Lawyer Hemedzhi noted that she did not understand how they would tie two different single pickets into one alleged rally.
We remind that on February 14, 2019, Russian security forces conducted searches in the dwellings of Crimean Tatars in the village of Oktiabrske of Krasnohvardiisk 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.
On November 3, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the verdict to the defendants in the so-called Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Rustem Emiruseinov was sentenced to 17 years behind bars, Arsen Abkhairov – to 13, and Eskender Abdulhaniev – to 12. Political prisoners are forced to serve the first two years in prison.