Ruslan Asylov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesExtremism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years 4 months
- Date of verdict
- 2015-06-09
- Region
- Bashkortostan
- City
- Dyurtyuli
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 17 August 2016
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Case summary
Detained on charges of involvement in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell; sentenced on 10 June 2015 to six years and four months in a general regime penal colony. He was released in June 2020.
Others charged under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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