{"id":51963,"date":"2016-04-11T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=41966"},"modified":"2016-04-11T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T10:06:22","slug":"41966-top-5-news-on-crimea-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/41966-top-5-news-on-crimea-6","title":{"rendered":"TOP 5 News on Crimea over April 5, 2016 \u2013 April 10, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0April 5, 2016:\u00a0<\/strong>Armed men conduct searches in Crimea again<\/a><\/p>\n

Unidentified men tried to break into the house of Ali Ozenbash, Head of the Kurultai\u2019s Audit Commission.\u00a0At about 6 a.m., armed men wearing masks and civilian clothes arrived at Ali Ozenbash\u2019s house. Some of them climbed over the fence and tried to break down the door. There was nobody in the house at the time. Having failed to break down the door, the armed men left after 8 am.<\/p>\n

Russian security services tried to search Ali Ozenbash\u2019s house back in December 2015. However, the Head of the Kurultai\u2019s Audit Commission was not in at the time Federal Security Service and police officers arrived.\u00a0According to eyewitness reports, 10 unidentified armed men wearing masks and combat fatigues raided a bakery located near Simferopol\u2019s Marino district on April 5. They were accompanied by several plain-clothed men.<\/p>\n

– As it turned out, the raid was part of an anti-immigrant operation carried out by the Federal Migration Service which was tipped off that Uzbek nationals were employed at the bakery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0April 6, 2016:\u00a0<\/strong>Police raid Simferopol markets<\/a><\/p>\n

As part of preventive measures, police made a number of arrests at Simferopol\u2019s markets on April 6. The detained were brought to the Interior Ministry\u2019s Anti-Extremism Department (the so-called “E” center) where they had their IDs checked. All of those detained had Russian passports, TRPs or temporary resident permits and residence permits.<\/p>\n

The detained were not allowed to leave the Interior Ministry\u2019s Anti-Extremism Department until the evening. They were also prevented from seeing their lawyers.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0April 7, 2016:\u00a0<\/strong>Updated reports of a hearing in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case came in<\/a><\/p>\n

Another hearing in the so-called \u2018Hizb ut-Tahrir case\u2019 was held at Simferopol\u2019s Kiev District Court on April 5.\u00a0The defense attorneys were notified of the hearing being held in private before its very start. An objection filed by the defense attorneys was overruled.<\/p>\n

Relatives of Enver Bekirov Emir-Usein Cook, Vadim Siruk and Muslim Aliyev, who gathered outside the Kyiv District Court hoping to see their loved ones, only caught a glimpse of them as they were quickly convoyed into the courthouse.<\/p>\n

People who arrived for the hearing from all over Crimea, including the elderly, pregnant women and children, had to stand in the scorching sun. The entrance to the courthouse was guarded by club-wielding police officers who prevented people from so much as taking a seat on the steps.\u00a0After the hearing was over, it became known that the judges of the Kyiv District Court decided to extend the detention term of all the defendants in the \u2018Hizb ut-Tahrir case\u2019 until June 8.<\/p>\n

Relatives of the defendants made another attempt to see them while they were being escorted into a prison truck after the hearing. However, the convoy stood so close to the gate behind the courthouse building that they could not do it.\u00a0Water supply at a Simferopol prison where Enver Bakirov, Emir Usein Cook, Vadim Siruk and Muslim Aliev are held gets periodically turned off, this despite overcrowded cells.\u00a0Detained by Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service in early 2015, the defendants in the \u2018Hizb ut-Tahrir case\u2019 were charged with starting and participating in a terrorist organization under Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code (membership in an organization found to be a terrorist one under the laws of the Russian Federation).<\/p>\n

A wave of searches of Crimean Tatars\u2019 homes meant to discredit them as \u2018terrorists\u2019 began in Crimea on February 11. Police acted very aggressively smashing windows and forcibly taking away people.\u00a0Enver Bekirov, Emir Usein Cook, Vadim Siruk and Muslim Aliev are all socially active citizens. Before being arrested, Emir Usein Cook was a human rights activist, who recorded human rights violations in Crimea.<\/p>\n

4. April 7, 2016:\u00a0<\/strong>A court in Crimea dismisses defense appeal in \u2018February 26\u2019 case<\/a><\/p>\n

A hearing in the so called \u2018February 26 case\u2019 was held in Simferopol on April 7. Crimea\u2019s Supreme Court heard an appeal filed by the defense attorneys against Judge Galina Redko\u2019s illegitimate decision of May 2 whereby the detention term of Akhtem Chiygoz, Ali Asanov and Mustafa Degermendzhi was to be extended until April 11, 2016<\/p>\n

Presiding Judge A.V. Kozyrev issued several warnings and threatened to have Akhtem Chiygoz and his attorney removed from the courtroom.\u00a0Chiygoz\u2019s attorney Nikolai Polozov cited illegal decisions made by Judge Galina Redko. According to the law on the status of judges in the Russian Federation, a judge cannot be a citizen of another state, whereas according to the available information, Judge Galina Redko was not stripped of her Ukrainian citizenship as per proper procedure. She might have burned her Ukrainian passport, but that does not mean she was stripped of her citizenship, as there is a special procedure for that in Ukraine which she failed to comply with.<\/p>\n

This time, the judges dismissed an appeal filed by the defense attorneys, leaving unchanged a decision whereby the defendants\u2019 detention term was to be extended until April 11, 2016.<\/p>\n

Another hearing for an appeal filed against Judge Galina Redko\u2019s decision in the \u2018February 26\u2019 case was held on April 6. The judges were very rude, denying everyone the right to speak. Since Akhtem Chiygoz, Ali Asanov and Mustafa Degermendzhi were not brought to the courtroom, the hearing was held by videoconference. Apart form the judges and prosecution attorneys, only defense attorneys were allowed into the courtroom.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0April 8, 2016:\u00a0<\/strong>Hearing in a lawsuit to ban the Mejlis rescheduled to another day<\/a><\/p>\n

The so-called \u2018Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea\u2019 held another hearing for a lawsuit seeking to recognize the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people an extremist organization and ban its operation in the Russian Federation, which was filed by Crimea\u2019s Prosecutor’s\u00a0 Office.<\/p>\n

Crimea\u2019s Prosecutor’s Office furnished some new evidence proving Refat Chubarov\u2019s guilt, following which the defense attorneys requested some more time to familiarize themselves with the evidence. The judges adjourned the hearing until April 15.\u00a0The next hearing for a lawsuit seeking to recognize the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people an extremist organization and ban its operation in the Russian Federation, which was filed by Crimea\u2019s Prosecutor’s Office, was held on April 7.<\/p>\n

Before the hearing began, police sealed off the area, stationing trucks full of OMON, police and FSS officers. Metal fencing and turnstiles were installed in front of the courthouse\u2019s main entrance. There were also fire trucks near the courthouse because a bomb was allegedly planted in the building.\u00a0The prosecution repeatedly referred to the Crimea embargo, blowing up of power lines and Lenur Islyamov\u2019s activities, against whom criminal proceedings were initiated. Also, the judge asked the lawyer why Crimean Tatars consider themselves an indigenous people and whether they consider Mustafa Jemilev their leader.<\/p>\n

The Prosecutor’s Office insisted that the term \u2018the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People\u2019 should include all regional and local Mejlis branches as well.\u00a0On February 15, 2016, the occupation authorities filed a lawsuit with Crimea\u2019s Supreme Court seeking to recognize the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People an extremist organization.\u00a0The banning of the Mejlis will not only be a blatant disregard for international law, but also make possible criminal prosecution of thousands of indigenous peoples of Crimea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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