Political prisoners from the Krasnohvardiiske group, Arsen Abkhairov, Rustem Emiruseinov and Eskender Abdulhaniev, are kept in prison longer than the term appointed by the court. It is reported by the Crimean Solidarity.
The administration of the pre-trial detention center where Abkhairov is being held and the state prosecutor Vladislav Kuznetsov believe that the Crimean Tatars should be held in prisons for a full two years, that is, without taking into account their stay in the pre-trial detention center before sentencing.
“To set off the time period from the date of entry into force of the verdict of the Southern District Military Court dated November 30, 2020 until the day the convicted person arrives in prison, that is, the period from November 1, 2021 to January 13, 2022″,- says the court ruling, which the administration of the pre-trial detention center, together with Kuznetsov, decided to ignore.
It is known that prisoners in prisons are constantly in the cell, restricted in movement, have no right to play sports, study or have any kind of work.
“Today, Arsen Abkhairov is in prison for six months longer than the court ruled. As far as I know, there are seven such prisons in Russia. The farthest one is in the Krasnoyarsk Region, where Arsen is located”,- explained lawyer Edem Semedliaiev.
We remind you that on February 14, 2019, Russian security forces conducted searches in the dwellings of Crimean Tatars in the village of Oktiabrske of Krasnohvardiisk district. Three men were detained and taken to the FSB. Criminal proceedings were instituted against them on suspicion of organizing and participating in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation.
On February 15, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol arrested Eskender Abdulhaniev, Rustem Emiruseinov and Arsen Abkhairov detained after a search of the Crimean Tatars on suspicion of membership in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which was banned in Russia.
On November 3, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don announced the verdict to the defendants in the so-called Krasnohvardiiske Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Rustem Emiruseinov was sentenced to 17 years behind bars, Arsen Abkhairov – to 13, and Eskender Abdulhaniev – to 12. Political prisoners are forced to serve the first two years in prison.