The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don within the “Hizb ut-Tahrir case” sentenced the participants of the so-called “third group of Bakhchisarai” to imprisonment for terms of 12 to 17 years, Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova has said.
“Russian prosecutors obtained the illegal imprisonment of the Crimean Tatars for a crime they did not commit. Our fellow citizens received long sentences in a strict regime colony: Seytumer Seytumerov to 17 years, Osman Seytumerov to 14 years, Rustem Seytmemetov to 13 years, Amet Suleymanov, who has a disability to 12 years in prison,” Denisova said on Facebook.
All four were charged with Article 205.5 (organization and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization) of the Russian Criminal Code.
“By committing trials over Crimean Tatars and other illegally detained Ukrainians, the occupying country of the Russian Federation violates the norms of international law, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I call on representatives of international missions, human rights organizations and the diplomatic corps to force the Russian Federation to stop unjustified detentions and trials of illegally imprisoned citizens of Ukraine and return them to their homeland,” Denisova said.
