Bekzod Bakirov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 4 years
- Date of verdict
- 2018-09-16
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 25 December 2018
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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