Ernes Ametov
Ernes Ametov, born 1985, 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); “Ernes Ametov's case”. Sentence (December 28, 2022): Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 12, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 3, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 28, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Bakhchysarai · Artists · Terrorism cases, Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
Sentence
11 years
Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld November 30, 2023
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 participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir party cell
Latest event
November 30, 2023 — 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, February 3, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 28, 2018
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· Persecution begins
Ernes Ametov's case
Criminal case
Ernes Ametov's case
Thematic group: Second Bakhchisarai case of "Hizb ut-Tahrir"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
162562, Вологодская область, поселок Шексна, ул. Шоссейная, 42, ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Аметов Эрнес Сейярович, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 October 2017 he was detained after a search, charged with participation in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation, and arrested on 12 October. In February 2019, he was also charged with preparation for violent seizure of power.
16 September 2020 acquitted by the court and released. On 15 March 2022, the court of appeal reversed the decision and sent Ametov's case for review. On 12 May, Ametov was again taken into custody. On 29 December, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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