Ildar Akhmetzyanov
Ildar Akhmetzyanov, born 1977, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); “The case of Ildar Akhmetzyanov”. Sentence (March 10, 2020): seventeen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 12, 2018. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 7, 2021.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
17 years
seventeen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld July 26, 2020
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
recruited local Muslims into the ranks of Hizb ut-Tahrir by "influencing their religious feelings"; held various meetings of Hizb ut-Tahrir members aimed at "rallying active members".
Latest event
November 7, 2021 — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 7, 2021
Timeline
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Ildar Akhmetzyanov
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The case of Ildar Akhmetzyanov
Thematic group: Sixth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan
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Full summary
Akhmetzyanov was detained in Kazan on 10 October 2018. On 12 October, the court ruled to take him into custody.
On 11 March 2020, he was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.
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