Press Release
Refuting the Lies of Russia 1 TV Channel Against Hizb ut Tahrir
(Translated)

On the 26 March 2015 CE Russia 1 TV channel ran within its regular program "Extracts against Terrorism", an episode titled "Sacred Torture". A new slur directed against the Islamic party, Hizb ut Tahrir, it stated that members of our party took part in the burning of churches in the missile attack on a petrochemical plant in the city of Nizhnekamsk in the year 2013.

This is a blatant lie, which shows the policy of the Russian authorities against Islam, and the nature of the federal channel's orientation. Our party has nothing to do with this issue in question, which was confirmed by the official version of events, and there were no connections made between the suspects and our party in any stage, neither of the investigation nor during the trial. This, if anything shows that the case is fabricated from beginning to end.

Hizb ut Tahrir is a political party whose ideology is Islam, it's known for carrying out only political work and no one could through its history bring one evidence that the party carries out material work or have participated in terrorist operations, not in Russia or anywhere else in the world.

What connects Hizb ut Tahrir those accused Muslims is the belief in Allah (swt). For this reason, the party members have organized a campaign to defend their brother in Islam who has been brutally tortured, because of trumped-up ridiculous and illegal charges. And due to the efforts of the members of Hizb ut Tahrir, round tables and press conferences were organized presenting the facts about the brutal torture, which was introduced by one of the detainees in that case, as well as lawyers and advocates for human rights. In addition to the massive campaign on the Internet to condemn the atrocities suffered by Muslims in Tatarstan.

Unfortunately, the Russian authorities did not want to provide those involved in the torture of detainees to justice! On the contrary, they withheld information from the media, and then they pressured activists who defend the Muslim detainees. The result of the fabricated lawsuits that all the innocent Muslims were sentenced on 27/12/2014 CE to prison terms under the "terrorism" act.

In our defense of our brothers, "Extracts against Terrorism" program was shown which aims to discredit Hizb ut Tahrir, falsely accusing it of involvement in the burning of churches and other crimes. The security agencies are interested into portray us as criminals, even considers us a terrorist organization, in order to continue the pursuit of members of Hizb ut Tahrir without giving regard to public opinion.

We remind you that Russia is the only country in the world which considers Hizb ut Tahrir a terrorist organization. In order to justify the oppression of the party and the persecution by the security agencies' officials, through fabricating lies using the media, which is complicit and humiliated, and ready to propagate it among the people. Thus, the federal TV channels discusses the false accusations only to meet the desire of the authorities, while covering up cases of torture practiced by the security agencies, in their desire to connect Hizb ut Tahrir with crime and the stigmatization of its members with terrorism, because of our defense of our Muslim brothers.

Allah (swt) says:

(بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ)

"Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe" [Al-Anbiya: 18].

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Russia