Bilial Adilov
Bilial Adilov, born 1970, 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): 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Tuva. 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 · Religious figures · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
14 years
imprisonment in a strict regime 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 clandestine methods 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 · 14 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
- Vladlen Abdulkadyrov — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Izzet Abdullayev — Imprisoned, 12 years
- Medzhit Abdurakhmanov — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Tuva
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
с667002, Тыва, г. Кызыл, ул. Догээ-Баары д. 1, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Республике Тыва», Адилов Билял Абдурахманович, 1970 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
An activist with Crimean Solidarity. On 27 March 2019, he was detained following a search and the next day taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Adilov was also being charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 12 May 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.
In October 2023, it became known that Adilov was transferred to strict detention conditions.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.