On Thursday, May 27, Teymur Abdullaev, a defendant in the so-called Hizb ut-Tahrir case, turned 46 years old. He is forced to celebrate his fifth 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 Crimea. The staff of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center sincerely congratulates Teymur Abdullayev 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!
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We remind that on October 12, 2016, Russian security forces in the village of Strohonivka of Simferopol region arrested five representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people – Uzeir Abdullaev, Teymur Abdullaev, Rustem Ismailov, Emil Dzhemadenov and Aider Saledinov as a result of mass searches. They were accused of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation and charged with article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in it”).
On June 18, 2019, the North Caucasian District Military Court of the Russian Federation sentenced the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants: Teymur Abdullaev to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony with a probation term of 1 year and 6 months, Rustem Ismailov – to 14 years, Uzeyir Abdullaev – to 13 years, Ayder Saledinov and Emil Dzhemadenov – to 12 years.
On December 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in Moscow reduced the terms of imprisonment of the so-called Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case defendants by 6 months.