#political prisoner

As his letters reveal, he’s also inspired by the sense of continuity in his struggle. He knows that his grandparents and parents fought for the cause in exile, and he now continues the fight side-by-side with his own generation

She was kidnapped at a bus stop in Koktebel and sentenced to almost seven years in prison. This is the story of a citizen journalist whose case contains zero details about explosive devices allegedly found in her eyeglass case—and a whole volume of references to her interviews in the media

Amet’s case is unique, though. During the trial, the Russian court issued the first-ever ruling on house arrest in a Hizb ut-Tahrir case. However, in 2023, a rigged trial resulted in a final verdict, sentencing Amet to twelve years of imprisonment, including three and a half years in a high-security prison