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)

• Alexey Lelikov
  ImprisonedKrasnodar KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 5 months
• Andrei Lukin
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Azat Lukmanov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Rais Mavliutov
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code23 years
• Beknazar Mairambek uulu
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Maladyka
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Valery Maletskov
  ImprisonedNovosibirsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Farrukh Mamayusupov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Elmar Mamedov
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Enver Mamutov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years 9 months
• Komil Matiev
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Farrukh Mahkamov
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Tazhib Mahmudov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Shahboz Makhmudov
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Bulat Makhmutov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code15 years 10 months
• Roman Makhnev
  ImprisonedKaluga OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Ruslan Mesutov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Natalia Minenkova
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Nail Miniakhmetov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov
  ImprisonedKemerovo OblastArticle 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Andrei Miholap
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Oksana Miholap
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Kanzharbek Momunov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Ilmir Motygullin
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Yashar Muyedinov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Abdullah Muktarali uulu
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Abdukahor Muminjanov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Rustem Murasov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Zekirya Muratov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years 6 months
• Seiran Murtaza
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Zaur Murtuzov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Marlen Mustafayev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years 8 months
• Khalil Mustafin
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code21 years
• Lenar Mukhamadeev
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Batyr Mukhametov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years 6 months
• Irek Mukhametov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Ruslan Nagaev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Irek Nasirov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Vadim Nasyrov
  ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Artem Naumov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Vitalii Nerush
  ImprisonedVoronezh OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Eduard Nizamov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code23 years
• Anton Novopashin
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Farhod Nodirov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Rinat Nurlygaianov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code24 years
• Semed Nurmagomedov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Alidzhon Odinaev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Riza Omerov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Enver Omerov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Erfan Osmanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 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