The defendant in the so-called second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Simferopol, Rustem Seytkhalilov, was ill in the pre-trial detention center: fever, sore throat, but no one provided medical help. The Crimean Tatar Resource Center was informed about this by his wife Elzara, adding that they did not respond to requests for a doctor.
“My husband has recently had a fever, a sore throat. For several days he asked for a doctor to come, but no one came. He was treated with the medicines that I had given him myself earlier”,- she said.
In addition, the political prisoner is constantly worried about headaches. He wrote a statement to be examined, to identify the cause, appropriate treatment, but in the pre-trial detention center they simply ignore it. Also, according to his wife's information, there are a lot of bedbugs in the cell, which is why Rustem Seytkhalilov has a lot of bites and itching.
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.