Izzet Abdullayev
Izzet Abdullayev, born 1986, 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. 2, Bashkortostan. 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 · Mechanics · 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 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
September 1, 2024 — imprisonment begins
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
· Imprisonment begins
· 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 №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast
· 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
- Vladlen Abdulkadyrov — 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. 2, Bashkortostan
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
453256 Республика Башкортостан, г. Салават, станция Южная, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН по Республике Башкортостан», Абдуллаев Иззет Мустафаевич, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A "Crimean Solidarity" activist. On March 27, 2019, he was detained after a search and on the next day placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which has nothing to do with terrorism. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Abdullayev was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.
On May 12, 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.