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)

• Stepan Pankratov
  ImprisonedVoronezh OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Sergey Parfenovich
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Daria Petrochenko
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Yuri Pichugin
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Andrei Plekhanov
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Polosenko
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Vladimir Pushkov
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Isia Ragimov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Eldar Ramazanov
  ImprisonedSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Bakhtier Raupov
  ImprisonedZabaykalsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Bulat Rakhmanov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years 3 months
• Ruslan Rakhmatullin
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev
  ImprisonedVologda OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years 6 months
• Zulfat Sabirzyanov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Ainur Sagadeev
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Lenar Saitov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code19 years
• Marat Saybatalov
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Vladimir Sakada
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Rustem Salakhutdinov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Aider Saledinov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years 6 months
• Seiran Saliev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Arslan Salimzyanov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Artur Salimov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Murojon Sattorov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Ilnaz Safiullin
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Lenur Seidametov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Seytveli Seitabdiyev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Rustem Seitmemetov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Enver Seitosmanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Osman Seytumerov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Seytumer Seytumerov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Rustem Seytkhalilov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Evgeny Semyonov
  ImprisonedKarachay-CherkessiaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 3 months
• Alexander Serebryakov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Sardorbek Siddikov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Aleksandr Sizikov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Alexander Skvortsov
  ImprisonedRostov OblastArticle 150 part 4, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Edem Smailov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Evgenii Sokolov
  ImprisonedAmur OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Viktor Stashevsky
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Amet Suleimanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Ruslan Suleimanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Ruslan Sungatov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 150 part 4, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Alim Sufyanov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Azim Tabaldyev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Irek Tagirov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Roza Tazyrova
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Rustem Tairov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Evgeny Tarasov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Aisulu Tastaibekova
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

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