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)

• Anatolii Iagupov
  ImprisonedVoronezh OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Zafar Yakubov
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Ural Iakupov
  ImprisonedBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Timur Yalkabov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code17 years
• Rustem Iamaliev
  ImprisonedTatarstanArticle 150 part 4, Russian Criminal Code20 years
• Asan Ianikov
  ImprisonedOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Seityaga Abbozov
  Under house arrestOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code13 years
• Evgeny Bagin
  Under house arrestKhakassiaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Gorev
  Under house arrestKhakassiaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Oksana Ivanova
  Under house arrestMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Larisa Kislaia
  Under house arrestMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Liliana Korol
  Under house arrestMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Albert Pilshchikov
  Under house arrestChuvashiaArticle 282.2 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
• Anatolii Pozdniakov
  Under house arrestZabaykalsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexey Timofeev
  Under house arrestKareliaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Viktor Timoshchenko
  Under house arrestKhakassiaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Vasily Shishkin
  Under house arrestKemerovo OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Tulegen Akbatyrov
  Location unknownOrenburg OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Bekzod Bakirov
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Nikolai Voishchev
  Location unknownAdygeaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Aidar Galeev
  Location unknownBashkortostanArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 9 months
• Fanis Galliamov
  Location unknownBashkortostanArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 11 months
• Dmitrii Ignatov
  Location unknownOryol OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Artyk Kalbaev
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Islambek Kamchybekov
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Muhammad Magomedov (Hiramagomed)
  Location unknownDagestanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code9 years
• Oleg Mescheryakov
  Location unknownVoronezh OblastArticle 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
• Server Mustafayev
  Location unknownOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Zufar Mustafin
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Sona Olopova
  Location unknownSamara OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Mikhail Sinitsyn
  Location unknownKrasnodar KraiArticle 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
• Tekilov Imran
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Airat Usmanov
  Location unknownMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Danis Abdrakhmanov
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Marat Abdulgalimov
  At largeDagestanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Arsen Abdullaev
  At largeDagestanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Rustem Abiltarov
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years 9 months
• Zevri Abseitov
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years 9 months
• Azamat Abutalipov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Arsen Avanesov
  At largeRostov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Vilen Avanesov
  At largeRostov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Yerzhan Aitov
  At largeOrenburg OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Rakhimzhan Aimukhamedov
  At largeOrenburg OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Sahib Aliyev
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 171 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
• Vladimir Alushkin
  At largePenza OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Ruslan Alyev
  At largeRostov OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Ruslan Asylov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years 4 months
• Magomed Akhimov
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Islam Akhmedov
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Fanis Akhmetshin
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 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