Medzhit Abdurakhmanov
Medzhit Abdurakhmanov, born 1975, 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. 9, Chuvashia. 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 · Manual workers · 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 ordinary members of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, used conspirational methods during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's residents, recruited Crimean Muslims into the ranks of a terrorist organization and participated in preparations to overthrow 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 №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for 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
- Izzet Abdullayev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Bilial Adilov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Chuvashia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
429900,Чувашская Республика, г. Цивильск, ул. Северная, д. 13, ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Чувашии», Абдурахманов Меджит Анафиевич, 1975 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Activist with "Crimean Solidarity". On March 27th, 2019, he was detained following a search and placed in custody the same day due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party "Hizb ut-Tahrir", which is not associated with terrorism. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in the Rostov region, and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Abdurakhmanov was also charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.
On May 12th, 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.