Muslims continually arrested in occupied Crimea

15.05.2018, 10:28
In the Russian- occupied Crimea, the village of. Baidary (Orlyne, Sevastopol) the raids were conducted early in the morning on May 10, 2018. According to their results, several Crimean Muslim Tatars were arrested, reports “Religion in Ukraine” citing Islam.in.ua.

In the Russian- occupied Crimea, the village of. Baidary (Orlyne, Sevastopol) the raids were conducted early in the morning on May 10, 2018. According to their results, several Crimean Muslim Tatars were arrested, reports “Religion in Ukraine” citing Islam.in.ua.

 

According to "Krymska solidarnist", a witness saw how two young men and a woman taken out of their homes and planted in a minibus with dark windows without the number plates. After that they were taken away in an unknown direction. According to the eyewitness, in the yard at this time there were unknown people who were dressed in civilian clothes, behaved extremely aggressively, did not allow them to come close to the house.


As it became known, the detainees are the two Seitosmanovs brothers, Ernest and Enver. Both are not married. They have no families. They are also cousins ​​of Nuri Priumov, who is serving a sentence on charges of participating in a terrorist organization. The detainees are practicing Muslims. Human rights activists consider the accusations of Russian security forces have been fabricated.


It was also reported that in 2015, Ernest Seitosmanov had already been searched. In the winter of 2015, four Crimean Tatars (the Sevastopol group in the case of Hizb ut-Tahrir) were arrested in Sevastopol. The defendants in the case did not admit their guilt and claimed that the case was politically motivated, and their criminal prosecution was due to the fact that they were Crimean Tatars. According to local activists, Ernest Seitosmanov actively supported the families of Sevastopol political prisoners (Ruslan Zeytullayev, Nuri Primov, Ferat Sayfullaev, Rustem Vaitov).