Teimur Abdullaev
Teimur Abdullaev, born 1975, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir”. Sentence (December 23, 2019): 16 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 13, 2016; 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, July 21, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 25, 2019.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · village of Stroganovka · Lawyers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
16 years 6 months
16 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
First instance, June 17, 2019: 17 years
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
Organizing the activities of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell
Latest event
December 23, 2019 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 16 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 21, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 25, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 16 years 6 months
· 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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Criminal case
Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Other defendants in the case
- Uzeyir Abdullayev — Imprisoned, 12 years 6 months
- Emil Dzhemadenov — Imprisoned, 11 years 6 months
- Rustem Ismailov — Imprisoned, 13 years 6 months
- Aider Saledinov — Imprisoned, 11 years 6 months
Thematic group: 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 Теймур Рза оглы, 1975 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Crimea. On October 12, 2016, he was detained after a search, taken into custody on charges related to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", unrelated to terrorism. On June 18, 2019, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony. On December, 24, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months. In March 2020, immediately after his arrival at the colony, Abdullaev was sent to a punitive isolation cell. He was sent to the punitive isolation centre several times after that, which took a toll on his health and he was suspected of having tuberculosis. In November 2024, it was reported that Abdullaev had lost hearing in one ear. In August 2025, Abdullaev said that he was forced to stage a major disciplinary infraction after a directive targeting him came down from the Federal Penitentiary Service of Bashkortostan (he was in a colony on the territory of the republic) and needed to be sent to a single cell-type facility for several months.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.