Court of Appeal releases five Crimean political prisoners in jail until September, despite COVID-19 outbreak
According to the decision of the Vlasikha Military Court of Appeal, political prisoners Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Dzhemil Gafarov, Seyran Murtaza and Erfan Osmanov, who became ill with coronavirus in Rostov-on-Don SIZO-5, will remain in the pre-trial detention center until September 20, 2021.
The lawyer Ayder Azamatov reported about it to "Crimean solidarity" on July 30.
The defense tried to convince the court of the absurdity of keeping the defendants in solitary confinement that they were not going to hide from the occupied Crimea. Ayder Azamatov considers this decision predictable. In addition, violations of the Russian court's ban on political prisoners speaking in their native Crimean Tatar language were again noted. Yes, the judge remarked to them, interrupting the speech.
It became known from the defendants that Karimov, Osmanov and Gaziev had already contracted the coronavirus in the remand prison several times. SIZO-5 did not inform the defenders about this, despite the fact that COVID-19 is currently raging there.
What is known
- The 25 Crimean Tatar civic activists, including Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Cemil Gafarov, Seyran Murtaza and Erfan Osmanov, are accused of involvement in the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is considered a terrorist in Russia but operates without national restrictions. countries of the world, including Ukraine.
- They are charged with "Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization" (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) - up to 20 years in prison and "Preparation for the violent seizure of power" (Part 1 of Article 30 and Article 278 of the Criminal Code) - up to 10 years of imprisonment.
