Russian court illegally imprisoned Crimean imam for 17 years because of one audio recording where he talks about Islam — Crimean Solidarity off

The Southern District Military Court considered the "testimony of a secret witness" who accused Raif Fevziev of alleged plans to carry out a coup d'etat. The defence interrogated this "witness" and concluded that this person had knowledge in the field of law and spoke with clichés from the legislative framework. 

In addition, Fevziev was accused of membership in the organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir". The "witness" had detailed information about Hizb ut-Tahrir, but had never personally encountered it.

Also against Fevziev, they used a recording of his conversation about Islam, made by security forces from the FSS. 

"Murderers are not given such terms. Today they gave 17 years for a 70-minute conversation about Islam," Feziev's lawyer Edem Semedlyayev said. 

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