Ural Abdrakhimov
Ural Abdrakhimov, born 1992, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa”. Sentence (February 20, 2019): 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 9, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 7, Kostroma Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 27, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 19, 2018.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
15 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld October 17, 2019
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of the local cell of the party in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, agitated other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, and complied with conspiracy measures
Latest event
October 17, 2019 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 27, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 19, 2018
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 15 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa
Criminal case
The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa
Other defendants in the case
- Radik Valiakhmetov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Timur Gadiev — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Ural Galiev — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Vadim Davletbaev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Ruslan Zainullin — Imprisoned, 15 years
- Batyr Mukhametov — Imprisoned, 16 years 6 months
- Artem Naumov — Imprisoned, 11 years
- Bulat Rakhmanov — Imprisoned, 16 years 3 months
- Ruslan Rakhmatullin — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Iaroslav Timofeev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Mikhail Toptygin — Imprisoned, 15 years
Thematic group: Third Ufa case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 7, Kostroma Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
156522, поселок Бычиха 12, Костромская область, Костромской р-н, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Костромской области», Абдрахимов Урал Илшатович, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Ufa. In February 2017, detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 21 February 2019, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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