38 members of the religious extremist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" were arrested in Kyrgyzstan*.
The State Committee for National Security reported that most of them occupied high and medium positions in the structure of the organization. The detainees spread a radical ideology. Facts of recruiting new supporters were also recorded.
Some members of the organization tried to intervene in the investigation and destroy extremist literature on the spot. During the searches, a lot of extremist literature, communication equipment and distribution materials were confiscated.
The organization is banned in Kyrgyzstan, Russia and several other countries.