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)

• Konstancia Esaulkova
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 171 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
• Konstantin Zherebtsov
  At largeMoscow OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 2 months
• Pyotr Zhiltsov
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 1 month
• Eduard Zhinzhikov
  At largeBryansk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year 3 months
• Vitaly Zhuk
  At largeKhabarovsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Denis Zagitdinov
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Rustam Zainullin
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Azizbek Inamov
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Galina Inkina
  At largeMoscow OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Anatoly Isakov
  At largeKurgan OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Shamil Ismailov
  At largeMoscowArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Radik Kabirov
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Ilyas Kagirov
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Sergey Kazakov
  At largeKhabarovsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Artur Kaltuev
  At largeDagestanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Sukhrab Kaltuev
  At largeDagestanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Almaz Karimov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Maria Karpova
  At largeDagestanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Evgeniy Kim
  At largeAmur OblastArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years 9 months
• Stanislav Kim
  At largeKhabarovsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years 2 months
• Sergey Klimov
  At largeTomsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Shakir Kozhamkulov
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Ruslan Korolev
  At largeSmolensk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Alexander Kostrov
  At largeLipetsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Kretov
  At largeLipetsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Yuri Krutyakov
  At largeMoscow OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Zinaida Krutyakova
  At largeMoscow OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years 3 months
• Kanat Krushenov
  At largeOrenburg OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 6 months
• Gazybek Kubatov
  Not in RussiaMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Nikolai Kuzichkin
  At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 1 month
• Evgeny Kulagin
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years
• Danil Kunakbayev
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Aleksei Kupriianov
  At largeVladimir OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code1 year
• Saipula Kurbanov
  At largeMoscowArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Gazim Kutluyarov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years 4 months
• Rustem Latypov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code8 years
• Vadym Levchuk
  At largeKemerovo OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Alexander Lepishin
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Alexander Lubin
  DeceasedKurgan OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Sergey Lyulin
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 1 month
• Magomednabi Magomedov
  At largeDagestanArticle 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years 6 months
• Radmir Maksutov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code10 years
• Viktor Malkov
  DeceasedSmolensk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Rinat Mamaev
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Eldar Mammadov
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Vitaly Manuilov
  At large with restrictionsAltai KraiArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Artur Maslakov
  At largeMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Felix Mahammadiev
  Not in RussiaSaratov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Ivan Matsitsky
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 171 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Sergei Melnik
  At large with restrictionsVolgograd OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 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