Putin explained why Hizbam will not be given any concessions
Russian justice will not make concessions to members of the banned extremist organization Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
This is how he responded to the objection of lawyer Yuri Kostanov, who complained about the harsh sentences that members of this group receive, in particular in Crimea, where Hizb openly operated in Ukraine.
“As for your position on the well-known organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which you consider harmless. This organization was created in 1953 in Jerusalem by one of your, conditionally, colleagues - a Sharia court judge. In its statutory founding documents, it directly proclaims the need to create a global caliphate by seizing power and promoting its ideas in various states of the world, and the Russian state is no exception.
This organization operates legally in many countries. It is banned as terrorist in all member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It is also prohibited in many Islamic states, Muslim: in Saudi Arabia, in Egypt, in Tunisia, in a number of other countries.
In January 2003, a decision was made by the courts of the Federal Republic of Germany, which recognized it as terrorist. Two months later, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation did the same...
“I want to say once again that this decision was made by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in full accordance with the law in force in Russia, and is therefore necessary for execution,” Putin said.
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