On Wednesday, March 10, MP from the European Solidarity faction Volodymyr Ar’iev publicly supported the campaign of activists of the #LIBERATECRIMEA international movement and the Crimean Tatar Resource Center MP, help the prisoners of the Kremlin! He stated that he took under his patronage three political prisoners: the defendant in the so-called first Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Rustem Ismailov, and the defendants in the so-called Bilohirsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Enver Omerov and Riza Omerov.
MP Volodymyr Ar’iev stressed the importance of this campaign, and noted that he would do everything in his power to make the story of these three political prisoners, who are relatives, known to the whole world.
Earlier, the International Movement for the De-occupation of Crimea and Solidarity with the Crimean Tatar People #LIBERATECRIMEA within the framework of the international campaign Atalık (Godfather) launched the campaign MP, Help the Prisoners of the Kremlin!, in which it called on Ukrainian parliamentarians to take patronage over the Crimeans who were arrested or persecuted by the Russian occupants.
We remind that on October 12, 2016, Russian security forces in the village of Strohonivka of Simferopol region arrested five representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people – Uzeir Abdullaev, Teymur Abdullaev, Rustem Ismailov, Emil Dzhemadenov and Ayder Saledinov as a result of mass searches. They were accused of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation and charged with article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in it”).
On June 18, 2019, the North Caucasian District Military Court of the Russian Federation sentenced the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants: Teymur Abdullaev to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony with a probation term of 1 year and 6 months, Rustem Ismailov – to 14 years, Uzeir Abdullaev – to 13 years, Ayder Saledinov and Emil Dzhemadenov – to 12 years.
On December 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in Moscow reduced the terms of imprisonment of the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants by 6 months.
On June 10, 2020, Russian security forces conducted mass searches in the houses of the Crimean Tatars in Alushta, Bilohirsk and Simferopol. As a result, 8 people were detained on suspicion of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation. Among the detainees were Riza Omerov and Enver Omerov. On January 12, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Enver Omerov to 18 years and Riza Omerov to 13 years in prison.
The international movement #LIBERATECRIMEA and the Crimean Tatar Resource Center call on the MPs of Ukraine to support the campaign MP, help the prisoners of the Kremlin!