Defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case Enver Bekirov suffered a microstroke

July 30, 2021

The defendant in the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case Enver Bekirov suffered a microstroke in the colony 2 in Salavat. Despite this, they want to put him in a punishment cell. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.

“Despite the prisoner's state of health, the administration is assembling a commission to consider the issue of placing a 58-year-old man in a punishment cell”,- the statement said.

We remind that Emir-Huseyn Kuku, Vadym Siruk, Muslim Aliev, Enver Bekirov, Arsen Dzhepparov and Refat Alimov are accused of participation in the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in the Russian Federation. They are charged with Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of a terrorist organization and participation in it). Later they began to impute Article 278 of the Criminal Code (Forced seizure of power or forcible retention of power). On October 11, during a court session in the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the prosecutor requested 13 to 20 years in prison for the so-called Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants. On November 12, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the sentence. Muslim Aliev and Enver Bekirov were sentenced to 19 and 18 years in a maximum security penal colony, Emir-Huseyn Kuku and Vadym Siruk – to 12 years, Refat Alimov – to 8 years, Arsen Dzhepparov – to 7 years.