Russian court sentences defendants in first ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir case’
The court in Russian city of Rostov-on-Don found guilty the defendants in the first Simferopol "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case in organizing or participating in the activities of a terrorist organization.
As Radio Liberty’s Crimea.Realities project reports, Teymur Abdullayev was sentenced to 17 years in maximum security penal colony, Uzeyir Abdullayev - to 13 years, Rustem Ismaiylov - to 14 years, Aider Saledinov and Emil Dzhemadenov - to 12 years.
On October 12, 2016, Russian security officers conducted searches in the houses of five families in Crimea. As a result, five Crimean Tatars were detained on charges of participation in the Hizb ut-Tahrir religious organization banned in Russia and occupied Crimea.
On December 6, 2018, the detainees were transferred to a remand prison in Rostov-on-Don.
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