In the occupied Crimea, Russian security forces have been conducting searches in the homes of Crimean Tatars since 4 am. As of 9 am, it is known about the detention of six people taken out in an unknown direction, Crimean Solidarity reports..

According to the organization, searches and detentions were carried out in the houses of:.

Ekrema Krosha (Blizkogorodskoye Village).

Aidera Asanova (Village Timofeevka).

Refata Seydametova (Village Timofeevka).

Osman Abdurazakov (Village Dneprovka).

Lemana Zekiryaeva (Dzhankoy).

Khalila Mambetova (Dzhankoy).

Activists remind that Ekrem Krosh is the brother of political prisoner Enver Krosh, and Osman Abdurazakov is the brother of political prisoner Edem Bekirov.

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According to the relatives of the detainees, the search was carried out without presenting a court decision and they were not allowed to make phone calls to anyone, including contacting a lawyer.

In particular, Ayder Asanov's wife, Polina, said that the search lasted about two hours, in the end, unknown books appeared in the house in a strange way, and her husband was shown a connection with some sect, forced to sign documents and taken to Simferopol.

Ekrem's wife, Krosh Amide, also said that during the search, books were found in the house that were not in the house before, and her husband was told that he was being detained in accordance with article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code "

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Since 2014, the Russian occupation authorities have systematically put pressure on the Crimean Tatars living in the occupied Crimea. The main reason is the disagreement of the people with the Russian occupation of the peninsula. In particular, a number of criminal cases under the article on terrorism were falsified against the Crimean Tatars..