Amethan Abdulvapov
Amethan Abdulvapov, born 1989, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Ametkhan Abdulvapov case”. Sentence (March 14, 2023): 10 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 9, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Irkutsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 27, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Engineers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
10 years 6 months
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld November 27, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of a terrorist organization.
Latest event
November 27, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 27, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Ametkhan Abdulvapov case
· 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
Criminal case
Ametkhan Abdulvapov case
Thematic group: The fourth case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" in Simferopol
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Irkutsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
665809, Иркутская область, г. Ангарск, 1-й промышленный массив, квартал 47 д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 2 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Абдулвапов Аметхан Наджип-огълы, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Abdulvapov was detained and taken into custody on February 9, 2022. He was charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and preparing for a violent seizure of power. He was sentenced to ten and a half years in a strict regime colony on March 15, 2023.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.