Crimean Tatar political prisoner transferred to another colony
Crimean Tatar activist Rustem Seitkhalilov, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison, was taken out of a prison in the Ulyanovsk region. He is being transferred to a colony.
In March 2022, defendants in the case of the second Simferopol group of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, Rustem Seitkhalilov, Akim Bekirov and Seitveli Seitabdiev, were sentenced to 14 years. They were convicted under articles on organizing the activities of a terrorist organization (Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and preparing for the violent overthrow of the government (Article 278 of the Criminal Code with the application of Article 30 of the Criminal Code). Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned in the Russian Federation. According to the case materials, the accused did not have weapons, did not plan to commit a terrorist act, and did not call on others to commit terrorist acts.
