Enver Ametov
Enver Ametov, 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 Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev”. Sentence (November 23, 2022): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restricted freedom. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 29, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Pskov Oblast. 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 · Construction workers · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restricted freedom
Upheld February 1, 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
As a rank-and-file member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, he used covert methods during meetings to spread the organization’s ideology among residents of the peninsula, recruited Crimean Muslims into its ranks, and participated in preparations to overthrow the constitutional order.
Latest event
February 1, 2024 — appeal
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
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 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 Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev
Criminal case
The case of Enver Ametov, Osman Arifmemetov, Yashar Muyedinov, Ruslan Suleymanov, and Rustem Sheykhaliyev
Other defendants in the case
- Osman Arifmemetov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Yashar Muyedinov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Ruslan Suleimanov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Rustem Sheikhaliyev — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: Second Simferopol case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Pskov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
182277, Россия, Псковская область, Себежский район, пос. Сосновый Бор, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Псковской области», Аметов Энвер Эсфиндиярович, 1975 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Crimean Solidarity activist, Ametov was detained on March 27, 2019, following an inspection of his residence. The next day, he was taken into custody and charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization. He was initially sent to a pre-trial detention center in Rostov oblast but was later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Ametov was facing additional charges related to preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.
On November 24, 2022, he received a 13-year sentence 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.