Political prisoner Rustem Seitmemetov, detained in March 2020, turns 48

March 28, 2021

On Sunday, March 28, Rustem Seitmemetov, a political prisoner involved in the so-called third Bakhchysarai Hizb ut-Tahrir case, turned 48 years old. He is forced to celebrate his birthday in the dungeons of the FSB, where he and other defendants in the so-called case were illegally placed by the occupying authorities of the peninsula. The team of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Rustem Seitmemetov on his birthday! We wish you a speedy release and reunification with your family and loved ones, good health, patience, unbending will and prosperity!

We remind that on March 11, 2020, Russian security forces raided the homes of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchisaray and the Bakhchisaray district. Searches were carried out in the house of Seitumer Seitumerov, Shukri Seitumerov, Amet Suleymanov, Seidamet Mustafayev, Rustem Seitmemetov, Ayder Suleymanov and Seitumer Seitumerov. The activists were detained. On March 12, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol sent Amet Suleymanov under house arrest. On March 13, the so-called Kyiv District Court chose a measure of restraint for the defendants in the so-called third Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case – Osman Seytumerov, Seytumer Seytumerov and Rustem Seitememetov in the form of detention. Osman Seytumerov, Seytumer Seytumerov and Rustem Seitememetov will remain in jail until May 10, 2020.