Crimean Tatar activist: the Majlis fights for the rights of those with whom it fought in Ukraine
The leaders of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, banned in the Russian Federation, arrest members of the extremist organization Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Crimea for violating human rights, although under Ukraine they themselves fought against this structure.
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The chairman of the public organization "Inkishaf" Eskender Bilyalov stated this today at a press conference in Moscow.
“I was a member of the regional Majlis, and we fought against Hizb-ut-Tahrir. Then the state of Ukraine allowed them to gather up to 3,5 thousand people in the center of Simferopol. Then both Dzhemilev and Chubarov were against this. We contacted the SBU to prevent this. They have not done a stroke of work. This was done in order to divide the Crimean Tatar people,” Bilyalov said.
He believes that the Hizb should have understood that their organization is prohibited by law in the Russian Federation. According to him, Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Crimea consists not only of Crimean Tatars, 10% of members are representatives of other nationalities.
He believes that the leaders of the Mejlis did everything to have them banned in the Russian Federation, because it was unprofitable for them to be in Crimea.
“I called Mustafa Dzhemilev in 2014 and reminded him that 70% of Crimean Tatars are engaged in agriculture. He told me: this is not my question. And he sent me to the former Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Velizhansky. He lied that the canal (North Crimean Canal - Ed) was mined. I called a second time. He said: “Do you want to be in Russia and get Ukrainian water?” Bilyalov said.
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