The so-called Supreme Court of the occupied Crimea closed the appeal of the defendant in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case Yashar Muedinov on the extension of the time for familiarization with the materials of the so-called case. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
The invaders considered that this appeal was not subject to consideration, since the case had already been submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, and the case was closed.
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.