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Crimean Hizb ut-Tahrir followers sentenced to 5 to 7 years in jail

Rostov-on-Don, September 7, Interfax - The North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don passed a guilty verdict on four followers of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization (banned in Russia) who were operating in Crimea, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.

The court sentenced Ruslan Zeitullayev to seven years and gave five-year sentences to Ferat Saifullayev, Rustem Vaitov and Yury Primov. All the convicts will serve time in a general penitentiary.

The prisoners in the dock were wearing T-shirts with 'Crimean Tatars' and 'The Show is Over' slogans; their mouths were sealed with adhesive bandage.

They were accused of 'organizing activity of and participating in a terrorist organization'.

Detectives said that the four men were taking part in the activity of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization until the moment of their detention by the Federal Security Service.

One of them was charged with organizing a secret Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Sevastopol.

He also drew up an action plan and divided duties between cell members. The other convicts were recruiting new members for their organization.

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