The so-called court session in the Southern District Military Court did not take place due to the fact that Servet Gaziev, a defendant in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, again became ill. An ambulance was called for him. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
“It turned out that this morning in the pre-trial detention center he had already received an anaesthetic due to complaints of pain, but they still brought him to the courthouse to participate in the trial. 20 minutes after the delivery and the beginning of the court session, Servet Gaziev had a second stroke. A break in the process was announced and the paramedics were called. The paramedic gave him an injection of anaesthetic, but the defendant did not feel better”,- 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.