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)

• Aidar Tashbulatov
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Vilen Temerianov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Alim Timkanov
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Iaroslav Timofeev
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Mikhail Toptygin
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code15 years
• Daler Tokhtaev
  ImprisonedSakhalin OblastArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Marat Tulyakov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Timur Uzbekov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Shaban Umerov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Almaz Usmanov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Danis Faizrakhmanov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Rafael Fattakhov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code22 years
• Raif Fevziev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Oleg Fedorov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Sergey Fyodorov
  ImprisonedKareliaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Fomin
  ImprisonedKarachay-CherkessiaArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Ruslan Fomin
  ImprisonedTyumen OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Vadim Khabirov
  ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Salavat Khabirov
  ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Seyran Khairedinov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Radik Khairutdinov
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Amir Hakimullin
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Rustam Khalikov
  ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Lenur Khalilov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Rustem Khamzin
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code23 years
• Rinat Khannanov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Pavel Hevronin
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Aziz Khidirbayev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Naimjon Khodjaev
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Alisher Husenov
  ImprisonedMoscowArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code15 years 6 months
• Aleksandr Tsikunov
  ImprisonedKemerovo OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Aleksandr Chagan
  ImprisonedSamara OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Marina Chaplykina
  ImprisonedNovosibirsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Anatolii Chepkasov
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Viktor Chernobayev
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Alena Chernobaeva
  ImprisonedNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Yun Zhu
  ImprisonedTomsk OblastArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Alfred Shaimov
  ImprisonedChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Airat Shakirov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Emil Shangareev
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Shamil Sharipov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Farit Sharifullin
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code18 years
• Viacheslav Sharov
  ImprisonedKhakassiaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Albert Shafiev
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code16 years
• Rustem Sheikhaliyev
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Iashar Shikhametov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Oksana Shchetkina
  ImprisonedStavropol KraiArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Rustem Emiruseinov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Azamat Eyupov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Nail Iunusov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 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