Bekzod Bakirov
Bekzod Bakirov, born 1981, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow”. Sentence (September 16, 2018): 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 25, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2018.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld April 28, 2019
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 18, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 25, 2018
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 11, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· 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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow
Criminal case
The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Akhmet Dzhumaev — Not in Russia, 4 years
- Islambek Kamchybekov — Location unknown, 6 years 6 months
- Shakir Kozhamkulov — Not in Russia, 6 years 6 months
- Gazybek Kubatov — Not in Russia, 4 years
- Zufar Mustafin — Location unknown, 4 years
- Kanybek Suiunduk uulu — Not in Russia, 6 years 6 months
- Airat Usmanov — Location unknown, 4 years
Thematic group: Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat
Details and sources
Full summary
Bekzod Bakirov was detained on 22 December 2016 along with six others on suspicion of involvement with Tablighi Jamaat and was subsequently remanded in custody. During the trial, he testified that FSB officers had subjected him to "physical and psychological pressure" to coerce a confession. On 17 September 2018, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was released in October 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Kazakhstan
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.