The defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Vadym Bektemyrov, was handed an indictment

March 11, 2021

On Wednesday, March 10, the defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Vadym Bektemyrov, was handed an indictment, after which the political prisoner was transferred to a pre-trial detention center in the city of Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.

“The indictment is the last stage of the preliminary investigation, containing the accusation formulated in the case, defining the limits of the trial, as well as the system and analysis of evidence. The defense lawyer believes that Vadym will soon be transferred to the Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center, he learned from the investigator that he had already sent the case to the Southern District Military Court”,- the message said.

We remind that on July 7, Russian security forces conducted mass searches in the dwellings of the Crimean Tatars in the Bakhchisaray, Krasnohvardiiske and Simferopol districts of the occupied Crimea. Seven people were detained. All were taken to the FSB headquarters in Simferopol. On July 7, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol sent Oleksandr Syzykov, a disabled individual of the first group, under house arrest. On July 8, the so-called Kyiv District Court of the occupied Crimea chose a measure of restraint for Ismet Ibrahimov, Zekirya Muratov, Vadym Bektemyrov, Emil Ziyadynov, Alim Sufianov and Seyran Khayretdynov in the form of detention.