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The Crimean occupation authorities summoned another person involved in the “Hizb ut-Tahrir case” to the Russian jail; Crimean Tatar Zekirya Muratov was sent to Rostov-on-Don.
Crimean Tatar, political prisoner Zekiryu Muratov was transferred to SIZO-1 in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by “Crimean Solidarity” with reference to the lawyer Emine Avamileva.
He was transferred to preventive prison on December 28. The next meeting, where the consideration of the criminal case on the merits will begin, is scheduled for January 12 in the Military Court of the Southern District, said the defender.
Muratov was transported from Simferopol SIZO through the city of Armavir on December 18. There he participated in the hearing by videoconference.
“Despite the defendant’s age, that is, 63 years, as well as the disability of the third group, the court left him in custody,” the human rights activists write.
Mass searches of the homes of Crimean Tatars in different regions of Crimea began early in the morning on July 7. According to the Crimean solidarity movement, in the place where the investigative actions were carried out were employees of the Center for the Fight against Extremism (Center “E”), FSB RF, “Berkut” and riot police.
Immediately after the searches, Russian law enforcement officers detained Emil Ziyadinov, Ismet Ibragimov, Alim Sufyanov, Seyran Khayretdinov, Alexander Sizikov, and Vadim Bektemirov. The search too took place with Dilyaver Memetov, but Memetov was not at home. Muratov was arrested in Alushta. Arrested, according to activistsdelivered to the FSB department in Simferopol.
All those arrested are accused of participating in the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Russia annexed Crimea after a strong blockade by Ukrainian military units and an illegal referendum on March 16, 2014. Ukraine and most countries in the world do not recognize the peninsula’s accession to the Russian Federation.
After the annexation of Crimea, according to the International human rights Human rights observer, the human rights situation in the peninsula has worsened… Under various pretexts, including the fight against extremism, the authorities persecute people who dare to openly criticize Russia’s actions on the peninsula, especially the Crimean Tatars. Russian security forces regularly search the homes of Crimean Tatars. Before that, massive investigative actions were carried out in March 2020. Then four Crimean Tatars were arrested.
According to the Deputy Permanent Representative of the President in Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, after annexation More than 25 thousand Crimean Tatars left the peninsula (according to the population census, which was conducted in Ukraine in 2001, 243.4 thousand Crimean Tatars lived in the Crimea).
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