Emil Kurbedinov was detained as he headed to a client's house that was being raided by law enforcement agents over purported ties to the banned Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir. Russian authorities in annexed Crimea on Thursday detained a Tatar lawyer for allegedly spreading “extremist propaganda”, activists said, the latest step in an official crackdown on the pro-Ukraine Muslim community.Emil Kurbedinov was detained as he headed to a client’s house that was being raided by law enforcement agents over purported ties to the banned Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir.”They are accusing him of spreading extremist propaganda,” Crimean Tatar activist Abdureshit Dzhepparov told AFP.Officials in …read more
Source: Pulse Nigeria
