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Lehman Zekeryaev
Construction workers
1973-11-20
Imprisoned
Dzhankoy
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On 24 January 2023, FSB officers carried out searches in various villages of the Dzhankoy district in Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. As a result, six individuals were detained and transferred to Simferopol, among them — Lehman Zekeryaev. The following day, all six were remanded in custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for the violent seizure of power, due to their alleged involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has not been linked to any violent activity.
At the hearing on pre-trial detention, lawyers who wished to represent the detainees were denied entry
On 24 January 2023, FSB officers carried out searches in various villages of the Dzhankoy district in Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. As a result, six individuals were detained and transferred to Simferopol, among them — Lehman Zekeryaev. The following day, all six were remanded in custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for the violent seizure of power, due to their alleged involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has not been linked to any violent activity.
At the hearing on pre-trial detention, lawyers who wished to represent the detainees were denied entry — because they were already defending other defendants in Hizb ut-Tahrir cases. Local residents gathered outside the courthouse, and over 30 people were detained by the police.
On 22 August 2023, the case was submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.
On 29 April 2025, Zekeryaev was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security penal colony.