Occupants plant weapons and religious literature on Crimean Tatars - human rights activist

In Russia-occupied Crimea, religious literature is being planted on Crimean Tatars during the searches, which allegedly attests to their affiliation with Hizb ut-Tahrir - a religious organization banned in Russia.

Human rights activist Tamila Tasheva told this at the press conference "A Kremlin prisoner, Edem Bekirov, released" Priamyi reports.

"Most of the time, it is religious literature that is being planted during the searches. Ammunition or weapons can be used as well. The majority of cases involve the alleged involvement of these individuals in Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organization that is banned in the Russian Federation yet is perfectly legal in Ukraine. When we talked to the victims of such searches, it turned out that the literature planted behind fridges and nightstands was absolutely "clean", as if freshly printed. Even children said that no found brochures could possibly be that white and pristine," the human rights activist noted.