Vladlen Abdulkadyrov
Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, born 1979, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Tofik Abdulgaziev, Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, Izzet Abdullaev, Medzhit Abdurakhmanov, and Bilial Adilov”. Sentence (May 12, 2022): 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 21, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 23, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 13, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · IT specialists · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld August 26, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
He was one of the rank-and-file members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, used to conspiracy measures during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's inhabitants, recruited Crimean Muslims into its ranks, and participated in preparations for the overthrow of the constitutional order.
Latest event
August 26, 2024 — cassation
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, May 23, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 13, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Persecution begins
The case of Tofik Abdulgaziev, Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, Izzet Abdullaev, Medzhit Abdurakhmanov, and Bilial Adilov
Criminal case
The case of Tofik Abdulgaziev, Vladlen Abdulkadyrov, Izzet Abdullaev, Medzhit Abdurakhmanov, and Bilial Adilov
Other defendants in the case
- Tofig Abdulgaziev — Location unknown, 12 years
- Izzet Abdullayev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Medzhit Abdurakhmanov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Bilial Adilov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 21, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
164268, Архангельская обл., Плесецкий р-н, п. Североонежск, 2 микрорайон, д. 10, ФКУ «ИК № 21 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Абдулкадыров Владлен Васильевич, 1979 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Crimean Solidarity's activist. On 27 March 2019, his house was searched. The next day Abdulkadyrov was detained in Rostov-on-Don. The same day he was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Later Remzi Bekirov, who was detained with him in the same case, said that they were beaten during the arrest, then taken to the forest, where they were beaten again, and then taken for six hours in handcuffs fastened behind their backs, threatened and intimidated along the way. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in the Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Abdulkadyrov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.
On 12 May 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.
In February 2024, it was reported that Abdulkadyrov has not been able to go for walks in prison for four months because he has not been given out shoes. The defence lawyer reported that his health condition was significantly deteriorating in detention.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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