The defendant in the so-called second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case Yashar Muedinov was removed from the courtroom because he loudly repeated his question to a participant in the process. Ruslan Suleimanov and Osman Arifmemetov also received removal warnings. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.
It is noted that the interrogation was attended by the acquaintances and relatives of Osman Arifmemetov, who got in touch via videoconference from Crimea. Questions to the guests were asked not only by the defenders, but also by political prisoners.
“Yashar Muedinov, because he loudly repeated the question, paid with his presence at the court session. According to Korsakov, the defendant interfered with the course of the trial. “Non-response to judicial remarks”,- after these words, the judicial board decided to remove Muedinov from the courtroom”,- the message said.
In addition, the occupants wanted to remove Osman Arifmemetov and Ruslan Suleimanov from the court session, because the political prisoners spoke with the participants in the process not in the language of legal proceedings.
We remind you 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.