Recognition by human rights organisations

Unlawfully imprisoned over freedom of religion

555 people

Of these, 1 whose name is not known — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.

The criteria and the procedure belong to the organisations named below; FACTUM reports their decisions with attribution and makes no assessment of its own.

This is not the same as being imprisoned today. Of the 555 people recognised, 306 are behind bars right now. And 1,849 of the 2,155 people currently imprisoned carry no recognition of this kind — see who is imprisoned right now.

Other recognition statuses: political prisoners (1,404) · unlawfully imprisoned over religion (555) · persecuted over religion (499) · persecuted on political grounds (133) · other statuses (27)

• Sergey Zhigalov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Andrey Zhukov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Oleg Zhukov
  ImprisonedKhakassiaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Azat Zagiev
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Ruslan Zainullin
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Radik Zaripov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Parviz Zeynalov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Ruslan Zeitullaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Server Zekiryaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Eugene Zinich
  ImprisonedKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Ilnar Zinnatov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Emil Ziyadinov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Niyaz Ziyattinov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Ilnar Zyalilov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Rainur Ibatullin
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Ildar Ibragimov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Ismet Ibragimov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Karim Ibragimov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Timur Ibragimov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Ernest Ibragimov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Almazbek Ibraimov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Ivshin
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years 6 months
• Rafis Idrisov
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Riza Izetov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Ruslan Iliasov
  ImprisonedSverdlovsk OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Radik Imangulov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Ismailov Azim Nazirovich
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Rustem Ismailov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years 6 months
• Otabek Isomadinov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Nematjon Isroilov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Maxim Kalinin
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Ikram Kalmamat uulu
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Rakhmiddin Kamolov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Eldar Kantimirov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Alim Karimov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Khotamjon Karimov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Aleksey Karpov
  ImprisonedZabaykalsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Azamat Kaiumov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Rinat Kiramov
  ImprisonedAstrakhan OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Evgeny Konkov
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Kornev
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Sergei Korolev
  ImprisonedAstrakhan OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Sergey Kosyanenko
  ImprisonedAstrakhan OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Enver Krosh
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Farid Kryev
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Mukazhan Ksiupov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Viktor Kudinov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Kuzin Dmitrii
  ImprisonedKaluga OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Denis Kuzyanin
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Mirzobakhovaddin Kurbonov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years

Who does the recognising

Number of people on this page recognised by each organisation. Criteria and procedure belong to the organisations themselves; their sites are linked where the address is unambiguous.

• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners296
• Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners167
• Memorial Human Rights Centre89
• SOVA Information and Analysis Centre2
• SOVA Research Centre1