CMO: Eldar Khamzin "Muslim sisters were arrested in Tatarstan"

24th March, 2016 in city Almetyevsk, the Republic of Tatarstan occurred an unprecedented case: at homes of the faithfuls came special services and if before their goal were our brothers, then this time they stretched out their hands toward our sisters. After execution of the raids at 9 Muslim womens, three of them were arrested and accused of involvement in the Hizb ut Tahrir Islamic party, which according to Russian laws is an accusation on terrorism.

Among the detaineds where Akhmetzyanova Eleanor, mother of two young children, including the infant baby, Mukhametzyanova Gulia, a mother of two young children and Farrahova Irina, mother of two young children, one of whom is also an infant.

So they are - Muslim mothers with many children. It is known that they are citizens of Russia, live in their city, and never been in hiding, weapons or explosives did not find at their homes, but all the same they blamed for terrorist activities.

Eldar Khamzin
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir