October 20, 2026, 1:43 PMRSSRU

Rakhimzhan Aimukhamedov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Rakhimzhan Aimukhamedov, born 1966, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region”. Sentence (May 30, 2019): two years' imprisonment with restriction of liberty for one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 16, 2021.

In brief

Orenburg Oblast · Orenburg · Office workers · Extremism cases

Sentence

2 years

two years' imprisonment with restriction of liberty for one year

Sentence changed May 30, 2019

First instance, March 10, 2019: 2 years

Charges

Full wording of the charges

was a member of a cell of an extremist organisation

Latest event

January 28, 2022 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  3. · Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · Appeal ruling

    sentence changed · 2 years

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  6. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years

Criminal case

The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On July 6, 2017, detained together with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. Signed a recognizance not to leave the country. On March 11, 2019, sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Released in January 2021.

Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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