A Moscow court confirmed harsh sentences for Crimean religious extremists
The military court of appeal in Vlasikha, Moscow region, upheld the sentence with prison terms of 12 to 17 years for members the so-called "Red Guard Group" supporters of the terrorist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia.
This is stated in the blog of the Ukrainian organization Crimean Solidarity, which sympathizes with extremists, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
In this way, decision of the Southern District Military Court dated November 3, 2020 in relation to Rustem Emiruseinov, Arsen Abkhairov and Eskender Abdulganiev remained unchanged. They were sentenced to 17, 13 and 12 years in prison, respectively.
During the hearing of the case, traditionally, under the building of the Crimean Garrison Military Court, from where the lawyer of the detainees joined the unauthorized protest rally via video link supporters of the convicted gathered.
They were warned about the inadmissibility of holding a rally, and after 19 people were detained by law enforcement officers. Some of the protesters were detained not for the first time, but at the same time they stated that they would continue to participate in such events.
“We come, observing coronavirus restrictions, and express our disagreement with the fact that the Crimean Tatars are labeled as terrorism. Our brothers from the “Red Guard group” were given enormous sentences for talking about religion and for dissent. We will continue to express our disagreement peacefully,” said Abdulmejid Seitumerov, one of the participants in the unauthorized action.
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