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Damir Abdrafikov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Damir Abdrafikov, born 1978, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 21, 2019; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Tyumen Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 12, 2022.

In brief

Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir

Sentence

12 years

Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Verdict August 3, 2022

Upheld October 30, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

engaged in "anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called 'world caliphate'"; aimed at "destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current government".

Latest event

October 30, 2024 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · Imprisonment begins

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 12 years

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast

Criminal case

Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Tyumen case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"

Write a letter

Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Tyumen Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

625000, , Тюменская область, г. Тюмень, ул. Ялуторовская, 42, строение 2, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Тюменской области, Абдрафиков Дамир Винерович, 1978 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Tyumen resident. 18 November 2019 detained after a search. On 21 November, the court placed him in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 4 August 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.

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