On Saturday, September 11, Ruslan Mesutov, a political prisoner involved in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, turned 56 years old. He is forced to celebrate his birthday in a pre-trial detention center in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, where he and other defendants in the so-called case were illegally placed by the Russian authorities. The staff of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Ruslan Mesutov on his birthday! We wish you a speedy release and reunification with your family and loved ones, good health, patience, unbending will and prosperity! Allah baht, sabır ve sağlıq bersin!
We remind that on June 10, Russian security forces carried out mass searches in the dwellings of the Crimean Tatars in Alushta, Bilohirsk and Simferopol. As a result, 8 people were detained on suspicion of involvement in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation. On June 10 and 11, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol chose a preventive measure in the form of detention until August 5 for the Crimean Tatars detained after searches – Riza Omerov, Enver Omerov, Ayder Dzhepparov, Eskender Suleymanov, Ruslan Nagaev, Eldar Kantimirov, Ruslan Mesutov and Lenur Khalilov. Subsequently, the occupants have repeatedly extended the measure of restraint for political prisoners. On January 12, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the verdict of the defendants in the so-called Bilohirsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Enver Omerov was sentenced to 18 years, Ayder Dzhepparov to 17 years, Riza Omerov to 13 years in prison.