Defendants in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case were transferred to Russia

13 defendants in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case were transferred from the occupied Crimea to pre-trial detention center No. 1 of Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.

“Yashar Muedinov, Osman Arifmemetov, Bilyal Adilov, Medzhit Abdurakhmanov, Seyran Murtaza, Alim Karimov, Enver Ametov, Shaban Umerov, Ruslan Suleymanov, Tofik Abdulgaziev, Izzet Abdullaev, Akim Bekirov and Raim Ayvazov were sent from the military court by the order of the South Kryvazov military court. At the moment, all the persons involved in the second Simferopol group, with the exception of Remzi Bekirov, are already in the Rostov pre-trial detention center. He passes through the stage through Novorossiysk towards the Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center”,- 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.